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(soap-making, dated) (Development of) white streaks or granulations in soap, a natural development in some soaps once considered a sign of quality and therefore sometimes artificially imitated.

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(soap-making, dated) (Development of) white streaks or granulations in soap, a natural development in some soaps once considered a sign of quality and therefore sometimes artificially imitated.

Japanese Meaning

石鹸の製造または経年変化により、石鹸中に現れる白い筋状または粒状の現象。かつては品質の証とされ、人工的に模倣されることもあった現象を指す。

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Traditional soapmakers valued a touch of figging as an indicator of a well-aged lye soap.

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伝統的な石鹸職人は、石鹸に現れる白い筋の発生を、よく熟成した苛性ソーダ石鹸の証として重んじていた。

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(soap-making, dated) (Development of) white streaks or granulations in soap, a natural development in some soaps once considered a sign of quality and therefore sometimes artificially imitated.

Figging is usually considered to indicate a good quality of soft soap, but such is really not the case. A first-class soft soap can be made which will not fig, while, on the other hand, a poor soap can be produced which will fig.

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