たれ・垂れ・垂tare[2]odaka (tail-high)
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- nounsauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce)oft. ダレ in compounds
- nounhanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.)
- noun, martial arts(kendo) loin guard
- nounkanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character
- nounwomancomedian jargon
- noun (suffix)-ass; -headused after a noun or na-adjective; also ったれ
- Related掛け汁かけじるNeutralSauce poured over a dish (「掛け汁をかける」), stressing pouring from above; 「たれ」 usually means the thick sauce for yakiniku or teriyaki.
- Relatedつけ汁つけじるNeutralA sauce you dip food into (「そばのつけ汁」); the emphasis is on dipping the food in as you eat.
Use 「たれ」 for the thick sauce in yakiniku, teriyaki etc. (「焼肉のたれ」「みたらしのたれ」); it also means something hanging. Sauce poured over a dish is 「掛け汁」, and the dipping sauce for soba etc. is 「つけ汁」.
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