割(わ)り下(した)

わりした

noun

sukiyaki sauce, cooking broth base

1. sukiyaki sauce, cooking broth base

A pre-mixed seasoning liquid made primarily of soy sauce, mirin, sugar, and dashi, used as a base for dishes like sukiyaki.

割(わ)り下(した)を作(つく)る。

To make sukiyaki sauce.

Add the sauce and simmer the sukiyaki.

この割(わ)り下(した)は甘(あま)めに仕上(しあ)げている。

This sauce is finished on the sweeter side.

You can easily make sukiyaki using store-bought sauce.

割(わ)り下(した) is the sauce base for sukiyaki and similar dishes.

Typically a mix of 醤油(しょうゆ) (soy sauce), みりん (mirin), 砂糖(さとう) (sugar) and 出汁(だし) or 水(みず) (dashi or water). Also used for other simmered dishes such as 肉豆腐(にくどうふ) and 牛丼(ぎゅうどん).

Kanto style: ready-mixed 割(わ)り下(した) is poured over the ingredients
Kansai style: sugar and soy sauce are added separately while cooking, often with no 割(わ)り下(した) at all

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Added 2026.2.4 23:18 · Revised 2026.10.13 22:52

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