お新香

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	香
しん Grade: 2	こう > こ Grade: 4
irregular

Alternative spelling
御新香

Etymology

Compound of お (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 新香 (shinkō, shinko, literally “new fragrance”, as these were traditionally only pickled for a few days).^[1]^[2] Usage appears to be shifting now from meaning specifically lightly pickled vegetables, to meaning pickled vegetables in general.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おしんこ [òshíńkó] (Heiban – [0])^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [o̞ɕĩŋko̞]

Noun

お新(しん)香(こ) • (oshinko)

(polite) pickled vegetables

Synonyms

(lightly pickled vegetables): 新香(しんこ) (shinko), お香香(こうこう) (okōkō), お香香(こうこ) (okōko), 香(こう)の物(もの) (kō no mono), 浅漬(あさづ)け (asazuke)
(pickles in general): 漬(つ)け物(もの) (tsukemono), 漬物(つけもの) (tsukemono)

Descendants

→ English: oshinko
→ French: oshinko

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-4] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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