佃煮

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佃	煮
つくだ Jinmeiyō	に Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
佃煮 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つくだに [tsùkúdání] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝda̠ɲ̟i]

Noun

佃煮: ikanago (sand lance) tsukudani, served atop white rice

佃(つくだ)煮(に) • (tsukudani) 

1. tsukudani, a dish consisting of small fish, shellfish, or seaweed stewed in soy sauce and mirin
   • 1965, Yoshida Kogorō, Kōhon Keiō gijuku yōchisha shi [Manuscript history of Keio nursery school]‎^[1], page 652:

     １(いち)日(にち)　朝(あさ)　みそ汁(しる)　小(こう)女(な)子(ご)佃(つくだ)煮(に)　キャベツ塩(しお)もみ

     ichinichi asa miso shiru kōnago tsukudani kyabetsu shiomomi

     Day 1, morning. Miso soup, sand lance tsukudani, salted cabbage

See also

• 佃(つくだ)島(じま) (Tsukudajima), an island in Tokyo where the dish is said to originate
• にもの (nimono, “stewed dishes”)