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塩
shio
Description
塩は、料理に味をつける白いものです。
"塩" is a white substance used to season food.
海の水からも作ることができて、ほとんどの家にあります。
"塩" can also be made from seawater and is found in most homes.
Meanings
塩shio
salt (for cooking and seasoning)
スープに塩を少し入れました。
I put a little salt in the soup.
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Notes
- Nuance
塩 is the everyday word for salt; the compound 食塩 (shokuen) means table salt technically.
- Etymology
kun'yomi reading of 塩; the on'yomi is 'en', as in 塩分 (enbun, salt content).
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