mirin
[ mir-in ]
noun
a Japanese cooking wine made from rice, sweeter than sake.
Origin of mirin
1First recorded in 1870–75; from Japanese mirin, equivalent to mi “taste, flavor” + rin “to remove astringency,” both from Middle Chinese
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How to use mirin in a sentence
They are cooked in mirin, a kind of sweet liquor made from sak, and you eat all you can pick off the bones with your hashi.
Letters from China and Japan | John DeweyIn the next mirin taking oversight of the monastery of Banchor.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys | Dugald Butler and Herbert StorySt. mirin's Aisle was erected in 1499, and there is a large pointed window in the east end, having jambs with single shafts.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys | Dugald Butler and Herbert StoryIn the next St. Congal putting the religious habit on mirin.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys | Dugald Butler and Herbert StorySt. mirin's Chapel is well preserved, but the openings connecting it with the south transept are built up.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys | Dugald Butler and Herbert Story
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