セイタン

Japanese

Etymology

Coined by Japanese philosopher George Ohsawa in 1961. Ohsawa also occasionally used the kanji term 生蛋 from 生 (“fresh; raw”) and 蛋, the first character in 蛋白 (tanpaku, “protein”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːtã̠ɴ]

Noun

セイタン • (seitan) 

  1. seitan

Usage notes

Due to the potential of confusion with homophones (see せいたん), the term グルテンミート (guruten mīto) is more commonly used.

Synonyms

References
  1. William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, editors (2014), History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Japan, and in Japanese Cookbooks and Restaurants outside Japan (701 CE to 2014)‎, SoyInfo Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2676
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