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霜降り

speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water

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Meaning

  1. adj-non
    speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)
  2. n
    marbling (of beef)
  3. n abbreviation
    (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water
  4. n
    formation of frost

Example sentences

  • In Japan beef has a high degree of marbled fat.