Illustration: At a home kitchen counter, a cook grates a piece of ginger over a small ceramic grater. Several whole knobbly rhizomes rest nearby, including one with a freshly cut end revealing its pale, fibrous interior. A moist mound of grated ginger gathers below her fingers, ready for a plate of chilled tofu.

しょうが

shouga

ginger

Also written 生姜 or ショウガ. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

生姜しょうがって、好すき？
Do you like ginger?
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
コリアンダー・唐辛子とうがらし・生姜しょうがを持もってくるのを忘わすれないで。
Don’t forget to bring coriander, chili peppers, and ginger.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
ニンニクやショウガをまぜた醤油しょうゆで食たべる。
It is eaten with soy sauce to which garlic and ginger are added.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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