おかべ

Japanese

Etymology

From 御(お)壁(かべ) (o-kabe, “wall”, honorific), from the resemblance between a block of tofu and a white wall.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞ka̠be̞]

Noun

おかべ • (okabe) 

  1. (dialectal, Ishikawa, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki) tofu, bean curd
    Synonym: 豆腐 (tōfu)
  2. (dialectal, Nagasaki) okara (solid byproduct of soy milk production)

References

  1. ^ “おかべ【御壁】”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) ‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN
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