滓
滓
dregs, grounds
13 strokes
On
シサイ
Kun
おりかす
Dictionary
Common Words
1
dregs; sediment; grounds; meal
2
Often 粕
lees (esp. sake)
3
leftovers; by-product
4
worthless item; junk
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dregs (e.g. of society); scum; dross
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Hanafuda
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Word usually written using kana alone
freckle; lentigo; ephelis
Examples
家では赤味がかった髪とそばかすのせいで、母が侮蔑を込めて「にんじん」と名付け、皆にもそう呼ばせています。
At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.
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蕎麦滓 only; Archaic; Orig. meaning
buckwheat chaff
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leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers
2
food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
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miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs
2
Colloquial
worthless thing; good-for-nothing
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Colloquial
child who is left out of games; child who is made light of; child treated unequally by peers
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Food, cooking
tenkasu; crunchy bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura
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