Where does “shirataki” come from?
shirataki (English) comes from Japanese 白滝, from Japanese 白, from Middle Chinese 白.
shirataki (English): Thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional...
Definitions
- Thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional...
Ancestry of “shirataki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 白滝 | a waterfall that looks like a white cloth spread... |
| 2 | Japanese | 白 | the color white; innocence; a white go stone |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 白 | — |