脳味噌を絞る

のうみそをしぼる

to rack one's brains

味噌

みそ

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

味噌汁

みそしる

miso soup

酢味噌

すみそ

vinegared miso

甘味噌

あまみそ

low-salt miso, sweet miso

麦味噌

むぎみそ

barley miso

弱味噌

よわみそ じゃくみそ

weakling, coward

粉味噌

こなみそ

powdered miso

糠味噌

ぬかみそ

salted rice-bran paste for pickling

味噌カツ

みそカツ

miso katsu; tonkatsu covered in a miso-based sauce

味噌豆

みそまめ

soybean

味噌煮

みそに

food cooked in miso, cooking in miso

赤味噌

あかみそ

dark-brown miso paste

白味噌

しろみそ

light-brown miso

辛味噌

からみそ

high-salt miso, salty miso

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)

味噌糞

みそくそ ミソくそ みそクソ ミソクソ

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

肉味噌

にくみそ

meat miso; miso mixed with ground meat

魚味噌

うおみそ

miso mixed with fish (often tai)