Seasoning (food) - Enbai

Japanese: 塩梅(食品) - えんばい
Seasoning (food) - Enbai

...The main source of sourness is citric acid. In the Wamyōshō, enbai is written as umezu, and this umezu was later pronounced anbai and came to mean flavorful. That is how important a seasoning umezu was.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "shio-ume (food)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…酸味の主体はクエン酸である。《和名抄》には塩梅(えんばい)を〈梅酢也〉としており,この塩梅がやがて〈あんばい〉と読まれて味かげんを意味するようになった。梅酢はそれほど重要な調味料であったといえよう。…

※「塩梅(食品)」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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