味噌

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) miso

Etymology
&#42; → &#42; →

From. First attested in tax records from 738, with the spelling.

Possibly either directly from, or a coinage in Japan of 🇨🇬-derived elements as a compound of.

Vovin, however, considers it to be a borrowing from Koreanic, compare Modern Korean "brick of dried fermented soybeans."

Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) miso (fermented soybean paste)
 * 2) the innards of a crab or shrimp resembling miso
 * 3) the good part
 * : a good-for-nothing child
 * 1) a weakling
 * 2) a failure
 * 1) a failure