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noun
- A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. US usage prefers the term soy sauce.
- I like a little with my rice.
- soybean, Soybeans. Often used attributively.
- These candles are made from .
- The crop is looking good this year.
Translations: - German: Soja , Sojabohnen
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: soja
(trans-bottom)
- French: soja
Etymology: Probably via Dutch, from a Japanese variant of éæ (ãããã, shÅyu), from Chinese éæ (jiíngyóu), from é "bean paste" + æ "oil".
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