miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
food cooked in miso; cooking in miso
self-flattery; sing one's own praises
meat or fish or vegetables preserved in miso
udon cooked in a broth containing miso paste
fried dish seasoned with miso
to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)
miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person
brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area; miso mixed with crab innards or scraps
miso-based sauce; miso sauce
meat miso; miso mixed with ground meat
combined miso (e.g. white and red)
hatcho miso; dark miso variety produced in Aichi Prefecture
salted rice-bran paste for pickling
rice miso; miso fermented with malted rice
harsh; severe (e.g. criticism, verbal attack); sweeping denunciation
miso ball; bean paste ball
miso with sugar, sake, yuzu juice and skin; hollowed out yuzu stuffed with miso and yuzu juice then baked
salad (or fish, etc.) dressed with miso
to lick someone's boots; to flatter
paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc.
oden made with hatcho miso
magnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi
low-salt miso; sweet miso
high-salt miso; salty miso
grinding miso; flattery; flatterer; monk
Kyoto-style miso; Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste (esp. used for pickling fish)
sweet paste of white beans and miso
to verbally attack (violently); to run down; to criticize severely; to criticise severely
salt and miso; (arch.) everyday food
not distinguishing between what's good and bad; (lit.) miso and shit are the same
miso ball; bean paste ball
overly concerned with domestic affairs; having an air of domesticity
harsh; severe (e.g. criticism, verbal attack); jumble; mess
flavoured miso; miso mixed with meat, vegetables, fish, etc.
soybean; soybeans boiled until soft for making miso
freeze-dried powdered miso (usu. salty); instant miso
miso eaten as it is; neat miso as an accompaniment
miso mixed with sugar and sake, thickened by stirring over low heat
miso, fried soybeans and vegetables seasoned with sake and sugar
Edo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period (usu. low-salt and made with rice koji)
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter)
miso mixed with pork; pork miso
low-ranking monk (tasked with doing kitchen chores); monk
not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together; (lit.) shit and miso are the same
vinegared miso mixed with mustard
things that look similar but are completely different; (lit.) geta and grilled miso
annual event of miso-making; first steps of miso making, from simmering the beans to fermentation
bonito miso; miso mixed with bonito
miso mixed with minced great burdock, ginger, etc. and sweetened with sugar
grilled miso mixed with chili peppers; person who acts tough but is actually timid
miso mixed with fish (often tai)
vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste
dish of white miso mixed with roasted Japanese nutmeg powder, sugar and sesame seeds, etc.
miso from the Kamakura era