In general, juicy vegetables such as cucumber, eggplant and Japanese white radish are often pickled, but others such as meet, fish, boiled eggs, and konnyaku (a gelatinous food made from devil's-tongue starch) are also pickled.
一般に胡瓜・茄子・大根といった水分が多い野菜を漬けこむことが多いが、肉、魚、ゆで卵、蒟蒻などを漬けてもよい。