微塵粉

Japanese
Kanji in this term
微 塵 粉
み
Grade: S		 じん
Hyōgaiji		 こ
Grade: 5
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
みじん粉

Etymology

/midinko/ → /miʑĩŋko/

From 微(み)塵(じん) (mijin, “small piece, fragment”) + 粉(こ) (ko, “flour, powder”) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) みじんこ [mìjíńkó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲiʑĩŋko̞]

Noun

微(み)塵(じん)粉(こ) • (mijinko) ←みぢんこ (midinko)?

  1. rice granules
  2. coarse glutinous rice flour, often used in 菓子 (kashi, “candy”) production

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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