tōfu

See also: tofu, Tofu, and TOFU

English

Noun

tōfu (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tofu
   • 2002, Sōchō, translated by H. Mack Horton, The Journal of Sōchō, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 130:

     Our words together piled deeper than the snow—we sat side by side at the hearth, eating tōfu with miso and taking cup after cup of sake.

   • a. 2005, William E. Naff, edited by J. Thomas Rimer, The Kiso Road: The Life and Times of Shimazaki Tōson, Honolulu, Haw.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 118:

     The letter expatiates on the primitive conditions under which he is living—he has to walk all the way down to Seta just to get a piece of tōfu.

   • 2012, Elizabeth Andoh, Kibō (“Brimming with Hope”): Recipes and Stories from Japan’s Tohoku, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN:

     Soft or silken tōfu is also used in making sauces. Fried tōfu. Abura agé (fried tōfu sheets) are made from loaves of momen-dōfu that are drained, weighted to press out excess liquid, and then cut into thin slices that are deep-fried.

Japanese

Romanization

tōfu

1. Rōmaji transcription of とうふ