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severely (criticize, run down, etc.); terribly; harshly; scathingly

unable to differentiate the good from the bad; (valuable and worthless things) treated the same

soybean

soybeans boiled until soft for making miso

flavoured miso; miso mixed with meat, vegetables, fish, etc.

Food, cooking

miso mixed with sugar and sake, thickened by stirring over low heat

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Edo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period; usu. low-salt and made with rice koji

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miso, fried soybeans and vegetables seasoned with sake and sugar

Proverb

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter)

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miso eaten as it is; neat miso as an accompaniment

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food cooked in miso; cooking in miso

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miso katsu; tonkatsu covered in a miso-based sauce

miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs

worthless thing; good-for-nothing

child who is left out of games; child who is made light of; child treated unequally by peers

kōji used to make miso

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miso soup

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miso mixed with minced great burdock, ginger, etc. and sweetened with sugar

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miso mixed with fish (often sea bream)

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dish of white miso mixed with roasted Japanese nutmeg powder, sugar and sesame seeds, etc.

powdered miso

Idiomatic expression

not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together; shit and miso are the same

bonito miso; miso mixed with bonito

Food, cooking

vinegared miso mixed with mustard

Idiomatic expression

things that look similar but are completely different; geta and grilled miso

Food, cooking

grilled miso mixed with chili peppers

person who acts tough but is actually timid

Food, cooking

vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste

Idiomatic expression; Rare term

to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up