English

Noun

nigari ‎(uncountable)

1. (food) bittern: the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine), used as a coagulating agent in the manufacture of tofu.

French

Etymology

From the Japanese 苦汁 ‎(nigari, “bittern”).

Noun

nigari m ‎(uncountable)

1. (food) bittern: the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine), used as a coagulating agent in the manufacture of tofu.

Japanese

Romanization

nigari

1. rōmaji reading of にがり