Keyword
lees
Info
FrequencyUncommon
KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2691
Readings
かす
(80%)
そう
(20%)
Composed of
rice
cadet
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
thick amazake; thick sweet sake
chaff and bran; plain food; (arch.) worthless thing; (arch.) trifle
one's devoted wife; wife who has followed one through hard times; wife married in poverty
roan (type of horse colour (color))
shōchū made from sake lees; low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)
soup made with sake lees
oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs)
(fish or vegetables) pickled in sake lees
oil cake; scrap cake
cylindrical box used to measure rice; shape for forming rice; single serving of rice (esp. as prison food)
to be scolded (mainly used theatrically)
sake lees in a block
vinegar made from sake lees
Japanese angel shark (Squatina japonica)