Meaning
佃煮 (つくだに, Tsukudani) is Tsukudani, a Japanese food (snacks, vegetable dishes).
What is Tsukudani?
Tsukudani is small seafood, meat, or seaweed that has been simmered in soy sauce and mirin. Many kinds of tsukudani are sold. Traditionally-made tsukudani is preservable and has been favored as a storable side dish in Japanese kitchens since the Edo period. Tsukudani can be made with kombu or wakame seaweeds. It is usually eaten with steamed rice as a flavoring agent since the flavor is very intense (approximately 1 tbsp for one bowl of rice). Finished tsukudani is served chilled from the refrigerator where it takes on a gelatinous texture.