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Deshi vs Dashi - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between deshi and dashi

is that deshi is a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho while dashi is a type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.

deshi

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Noun

  • (sumo) a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho
  • disciple, mentee, follower
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1917 , year_published=2006 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=James S. Benneville , title=The Yotsuya Kwaidan , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=At eight years of age Kichitaro[u] was placed as disciple (_deshi _) at the Jo[u]shinji of Fukagawa. }}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , date=2008-09-08 , first= , last= , author=Richard Halloran , authorlink= , coauthors= , title=Japan’s rapid succession of prime ministers belies its global role , newspaper=Taipei Times , city=Taipai , publisher= , quotee= citation , page=9 , passage=After him came several deshi , or followers he had mentored. }}

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    dashi

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    Noun

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  • A type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.
  • * 2000 September, , page 28,
    • Kombu (KOHM-boo): This Japanese seaweed is used to make dashi , an Asian soup stock, and to flavor rice and stews.
  • * 2002 , John Frederick Ashburne, Yoshi Abe, World Food: Japan , Lonely Planet, page 41,
    • A great dashi (stock) is essential, as it is the crucial element in soups, dipping sauces, nimono (simmered dishes) and nabemono (hotpot dishes), and for cooking fish and vegetables.
  • * 2007 , Lee Geok Boi, Classic Asian Noodles , page 38,
    • Dashi is the basic soup stock for many Japanese dishes including noodle soups.

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