Illustration: At a Japanese kitchen counter, a parent uses two pairs of chopsticks to gently pull a cooked salmon fillet into small flakes on a shallow plate. One side remains a recognizable piece of fish, while the other has become a loose mound of separated layers.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

ほぐす

hogusu

to break apart, to flake

Often used for separating food into small pieces. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 筋子すじこをほぐし、イクラにする。

    The eggs in the sujiko are separated to make roe.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 醤油しょうゆで煮にた鮭さけの切きり身みをほぐしてご飯はんと混まぜ合あわせることも多おおい。

    Often salmon fillet is cooked with soy sauce, separated, and mixed with rice.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 梅干うめぼしの風味ふうみがよく出でるように軽かるくほぐし、半量はんりょうになるまで弱火よわびで煮詰につめる。

    Lightly break up umeboshi to cause the flavor come out, and reduce over a low heat until it halves in volume.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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