Sale Lifetime access for $30 $60 from 1 November · Every level, N5 to N1 Get it
New JLPT mock tests · Full exams from past papers, timed like the real exam Take one

生姜 (Shōga)

Ginger

  • しょうが
  • Shōga
  • Pitch 0
  • ingredients
  • plants
  • spices garnish dips sauces
  • tubers

Meaning

生姜 (しょうが, Shōga) is Ginger, a Japanese food (ingredients, plants, spices garnish dips sauces, tubers).

What is Ginger?

Shōga means "ginger". In Japan, ginger is pickled to make beni shōga and gari or grated and used raw on tofu or noodles. It is also made into a candy called shoga no satō-zuke .

Sale

Practice JLPT membership

Every mock test, practice test and reading passage, N5 to N1, and unlimited voice lessons.

$5 a month, or $30 once for lifetime$60 from 1 November

See membership

New

JLPT mock tests

Full exams from past papers, section by section on the real exam clock, with the original listening audio. Mock test 1 is free at every level.