コンニャク

See also: こんにゃく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of コンニャク – see the following entry.

【蒟蒻こんにゃく】 [noun] [from 918] 蒟蒻, 菎蒻: konjac (both the plant and the food made from the plant) [noun] [from 1775] 蒟蒻: (slang) Short for 蒟蒻島 (Konnyaku-jima).: obsolete name for the 新川 (Shingawa) area in modern-day 中央区 (Chūō-ku, “Central Ward”) in Tokyo Alternative spelling 菎蒻

(This term, コンニャク, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)