苦汁

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
苦	汁
く Grade: 3	じゅう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

苦(く)汁(じゅう) • (kujū) ^{←くじふ (kuzifu)?}

1. bitter liquid, bitter experience

Idioms

Idioms

• 苦汁(くじゅう)を嘗(な)める (kujū o nameru, “have a bitter experience”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
苦	汁
Grade: 3	Grade: S
irregular

Alternative forms

• 滷汁

Noun

苦汁(にがり) • (nigari) 

1. bittern: the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine), used as a coagulating agent in the manufacture of tofu

Synonyms

• 苦塩(にがしお) (nigashio)