お新香

Japanese

お新香 (oshinko): typical pickled vegetables as a side dish.

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

Alternative forms

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

(Irregular reading)

(Tokyo) しんこ [shìńkó] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋko̞]

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)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[DJR-4] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN