daikon in Japanese
daikon in Japanese is 大根, 蘿蔔 — daikon means a large white East Asian radish with a long root shaped like a carrot, eaten widely across East and South Asia and sometimes grown elsewhere as animal feed or to loosen soil.
daikon in Japanese
大根
Pronounced: daikon
An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.
蘿蔔
Pronounced: suzushiro
An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.
What does "daikon" mean?
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noun A large white East Asian radish with a long root shaped like a carrot, eaten widely across East and South Asia and sometimes grown elsewhere as animal feed or to loosen soil.
"Jiko was washing these big white daikons, and I was cutting them up and salting them and putting them into plastic freezer bags."
- noun The common variety of daikon grown in Japan.
- noun Other varieties related to daikon, such as the huge turnip-shaped Sakurajima radish or the watermelon radish with its green and red flesh.
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- Jiko was washing these big white daikons, and I was cutting them up and salting them and putting them into plastic freezer bags.
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What is "daikon" in Japanese?
"daikon" in Japanese is 大根, 蘿蔔. daikon means: A large white East Asian radish with a long root shaped like a carrot, eaten widely across East and South Asia and sometimes grown elsewhere as animal feed or to loosen soil.
How do you pronounce 大根?
"daikon" in Japanese is 大根, pronounced "daikon".
Are there other ways to say "daikon" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 2 translations listed for "daikon": 大根, 蘿蔔.
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