noun

  1. dried and pressed boiled herring (used as fertilizer).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
鰊粕 にしんかす
鯡粕 にしんかす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

herring
にしん レン (Kentei 1)
fish
さかな ギョ うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
select, pick out
カン ケン えら.ぶ (Kentei 1)
bundle, sheaf, ream
ソク たば つか (4th, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
scrap, waste
かす ハク (Kentei Pre-1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)