Compounds of 灰汁

• 灰汁
  (gikun) (n) (1) lye
  (2) harsh taste
  (3) scum (formed when cooking some foods)
  (4) (uk) (excessive) strength of will
• 灰汁洗い
  (n) scouring
  washing vegetables in lye
• 灰汁抜き
  (n,vs) removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)
• 灰汁抜け
  (n,vs) (state of) having got rid of something (e.g. bad taste)
• 灰汁が強い
  (exp) (1) having a strong alkaline taste
  harsh to the taste
  (2) excessively strong-willed
  fiercely individualistic
  strongly idiosyncratic
• 灰汁の強い
  (adj-i) (1) harsh tasting
  strongly alkaline tasting
  (2) excessively strong-willed
  fiercely individualistic
  strongly idiosyncratic