灰汁洗い

あく洗い、 灰洗い

Reading

Kana: あくあらい

Romaji: akuarai

Definition

noun

1

scouring; washing vegetables in lye

Kanji

灰

Readings: カイ、 はい

Meanings: ashes, puckery juice, cremate

汁

Readings: ジュウ、 しる、 -しる、 つゆ

Meanings: soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus

洗

Readings: セン、 あら.う

Meanings: wash, inquire into, probe