Although naturally brewed mirin is made from only water, sweet brown rice, and rice koji, much of the mirin sold in natural food stores and Oriental markets is sweetened with sugar or corn syrup; read labels carefully.
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Mirin
Synonyms for "mirin"
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Translations
5 translations across 5 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 味醂 noun (Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 味醂 noun (Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké)
Indonesian
1 entries- mirin noun (Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké)
Japanese
1 entries- 味醂 noun (Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké)
Portuguese
1 entries- mirin noun (Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Teriyaki sauce, a mixture of mirin, sake, soy sauce, and sometimes sugar, may be brushed on meats, fish, or vegetables […]
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