Oil

Japanese: あぶらげ
Oil

...It means food deep-fried in oil, but nowadays it refers to deep-fried thinly sliced ​​tofu. It is also corrupted to "abura-age" or shortened to "age." Other deep-fried tofu dishes include nama-age (also called atsu-age) and ganmodoki.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Aburage" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…油であげた食物の意であるが,現在では薄く切った豆腐をあげたものをいう。なまって〈あぶらげ〉,また略して〈あげ〉ともいう。豆腐をあげたものには,ほかに生揚げ(厚揚げとも),がんもどきがある。…

※「あぶらげ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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