にゃく

Japanese

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of にゃく – see 弱, 若, 搦, 蒻, 疒.
(This term, にゃく, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 弱, 若, 搦, 蒻, 疒.)

Etymology 2

Originally a 女房詞 (nyōbo kotoba, literally “woman's word”) for 蒟蒻 (konnyaku).

Noun

にゃく • (nyaku) 

  1. Short for 蒟蒻 (konnyaku).
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