noun

  1. black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice.
  2. charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
黒酢 くろず

Contained Kanji Breakdown

black
くろ コク (2nd, N4)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
vinegar, sour, acid
す サク (9th, N1)
west, bird, sign of the bird
とり ユウ なが (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
west, Spain
にし サイ セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
though, notwithstanding, while
サ サク -なが.ら (Kentei Pre-1)