Explore Mirin through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mirin in a sentence
Mirin meaning
A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.
Using Mirin
- The main meaning on this page is: A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.
- In the example corpus, mirin often appears in combinations such as: mirin and, and mirin, sake mirin.
Context around Mirin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mirin
- In this selection, "mirin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sake, jonathan, ezekiel, told, centre and sugar stand out and add context to how "mirin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a soy mirin broth and and merging mirin and milldale. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mirin" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mirin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Artistic director Jonathan Mirin and his son Ezekiel Mirin told us the details. (13 words)
But you can’t grow mirin, cultivate ponzu or plant a water chestnut tree next to the kokerboom. (18 words)
For the tuna tartare, they season sushi rice with rice vinegar and mirin and fry it to crispy after it cools. (21 words)
Jack Connolly, who is from Bishopton, says that the council have been aware of "everyone's feelings" about how their lives will change should they merge the Mirin Centre in Paisley and the Milldale Centre in Linwood. (37 words)
Tonight, try Eric Kim’s new recipe for (above), a comforting bowl of soft-scrambled eggs cooked with mirin and soy sauce in the salty rendered fat and set over furikake-laced rice. (33 words)
Prepare sauce: Combine soy, sake, mirin, sugar, ginger, garlic and chopped green onion in small, heavy saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat, stirring until blended and sugar is dissolved. (31 words)
Example sentences (13)
Artistic director Jonathan Mirin and his son Ezekiel Mirin told us the details.
Pour the sake and mirin into a heavy-based pan, bring to a boil, then carefully flambé to burn off the alcohol.
Some of the suggestions – including closing a care home and merging Mirin and Milldale day services for adults with learning disabilities – will now be assessed and discussed with those affected.
For the tuna tartare, they season sushi rice with rice vinegar and mirin and fry it to crispy after it cools.
Jack Connolly, who is from Bishopton, says that the council have been aware of "everyone's feelings" about how their lives will change should they merge the Mirin Centre in Paisley and the Milldale Centre in Linwood.
Prepare sauce: Combine soy, sake, mirin, sugar, ginger, garlic and chopped green onion in small, heavy saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat, stirring until blended and sugar is dissolved.
The best dish was a side of rice, mushrooms and beans cooked in a ceramic pot, to which we were invited to add a soy-mirin broth.
Tonight, try Eric Kim’s new recipe for (above), a comforting bowl of soft-scrambled eggs cooked with mirin and soy sauce in the salty rendered fat and set over furikake-laced rice.
But you can’t grow mirin, cultivate ponzu or plant a water chestnut tree next to the kokerboom.
Using the traditional Japanese building blocks of flavor—soy sauce, miso, sake, mirin—good ramen shops manage to create something simultaneously freewheeling and time-tested.
In a clean pot, place the cooked pork, kombu dashi, soy sauce, sake, mirin, and sugar, rest of ginger, and red chili pods.
The kitchen will be turning out five courses, including housemade tofu with three-year-old soy sauce, bluefin tuna sashimi, and steak accompanied by roasted garlic and mirin.
The broth is a soy-dashi-mirin type of mix; the dip is similar but more concentrated (heavier on soy sauce).
Common combinations with mirin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: