Illustration: Inside a small tofu workshop, a worker gently lifts a delicate sheet of yuba from the surface of a shallow pan of warm soy milk. The sheet stretches between two bamboo sticks, translucent at its edges, while the exposed liquid beneath remains smooth.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

膜まく

maku

membrane, film

Example sentences

  1. 冷つめたい牛乳ぎゅうにゅうは好すきだけど、温あたためた牛乳ぎゅうにゅうはあまり好すきじゃない。あの白しろい膜まくと匂においが苦手にがてなんだ。

    I like cold milk, but not hot milk. The white membrane and the smell that develops bother me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 円形えんけいの枠わくに1枚まいの膜まくを張はった太鼓たいこである。

    This is a drum with a membrane mounted on a circular frame.

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

  3. 京都きょうとの湯葉ゆばは膜まくの端はしに串くしを入いれて引ひき上あげるため一枚いちまいである。

    In Kyoto, since they slip the skewer underneath the outer edge of yuba to lift it, yuba comes out in single-sheet form.

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

Kanji in 膜

  • 膜membraneOnマク

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