- oroshi dropping, unloading, removing; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; using new tools (or clothes, etc.), new tools (or clothes, etc.)
Used in everyday conversation and cooking contexts, to describe grating food or the act of taking down/removing something, often with a specific noun suffix.
大根を下ろしにして、そばにのせます。
Daikon o oroshi ni shite, soba ni nosemasu.
I'll grate the daikon and put it on the soba.
棚から荷物を下ろしした。
Tana kara nimotsu o oroshi shita.
I unloaded the luggage from the shelf.
⚖️ Often confused with 'oroshi' (wholesale), but the context usually clarifies whether it's grating or unloading.
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