dashi
/ˈdæʃi/noun
dashi is spelled D-A-S-H-I: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dashi means “A type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dashi is dashis.
How many letters and syllables are in dashi?
| Letters | 5: D-A-S-H-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 90,432nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dashi?
Dashi appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dashi?
- /ˈdæʃi/
- /ˈdɑːʃi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-dashi.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dashi
- dashis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dashi mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dashi in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense soup:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | dashi |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dashi come from?
From Japanese 出汁 (dashi, “essence, dashi soup”) (hiragana だし), from noun form of 出す (dasu, “to draw, to extract”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).