味噌
みそ · miso · JLPT N4 · noun
miso
🍲 味噌 = flavour (味) + bustling/loud (噌): the paste that makes soup taste
味 means taste, as in 味 (aji). 噌 is used here for its sound, so the word is really taste + so. Sound hook: me so hungry for miso soup. English borrowed the word unchanged, so the reading mi-so is already one you know.