Dashi: a Japanese soup stock made from ingredients such as kelp and dried bonito; a fundamental base for Japanese cooking.
毎朝、味噌汁の出汁を昆布と鰹節でとる。
Every morning I make miso soup stock from kelp and dried bonito.
良い出汁が取れれば、料理の味がぐっと良くなる。
If you get a good dashi, the flavor of the dish improves dramatically.
この店の出汁は昆布のうま味が強い。
The dashi at this restaurant has a strong kelp umami.
簡単な出汁の取り方を教えてください。
Please teach me an easy way to make dashi.
A pretext or front used to conceal the real purpose; a sham or cover (used as 'dashi'/'dashi ni suru' meaning to use as a pretext or front).
彼は病気を出しにして会社を休んだ。
He used illness as a pretext to take time off work.
詐欺グループはダミー会社を出しにして資金を集めていた。
The fraud group used a dummy company as a front to collect funds.
その話は別の目的の出しでしかないと疑われた。
It was suspected that the story was merely a pretext for another purpose.