もやし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of もやし – see the following entries.

【萌やし】 [noun] bean sprout [noun] (specifically) malt, a sprouted bean, rice, wheat, etc. used as an ingredient in beer and other things [verb] stem or continuative form of 萌やす (moyasu) [godan] Alternative spellings 糵, 糱, モヤシ

【燃やし】 [verb] stem or continuative form of 燃やす (moyasu) [godan]

(This term, もやし (moyashi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as もやし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as もやし.)