味噌を擂る

みそをする

to lick someone's boots, to flatter

味噌

みそ

innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso

味をつける

あじをつける

to lace (e.g. with whisky)

味噌漬け

みそづけ

meat or fish or vegetables preserved in miso

脳味噌を絞る

のうみそをしぼる

to rack one's brains

糠味噌漬け

ぬかみそづけ

vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste

かつお味噌

かつおみそ

bonito miso; miso mixed with bonito

桜味噌

さくらみそ

miso mixed with minced great burdock, ginger, etc. and sweetened with sugar

脳味噌

のうみそ

brains, brain tissue

酢味噌

すみそ

vinegared miso

味噌汁

みそしる

miso soup

糞味噌

くそみそ クソみそ くそミソ クソミソ

harsh, severe (e.g. criticism, verbal attack)

白味噌

しろみそ

light-brown miso

甘味噌

あまみそ

low-salt miso, sweet miso

麦味噌

むぎみそ

barley miso

味噌カツ

みそカツ

miso katsu; tonkatsu covered in a miso-based sauce

粉味噌

こなみそ

powdered miso

辛味噌

からみそ

high-salt miso, salty miso

糠味噌

ぬかみそ

salted rice-bran paste for pickling