塩
塩

salt

13 strokesFrequency 1,148JLPT N2Grade 4

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Dictionary

Common Words

塩しおFreq #4244
1

Common noun

salt; common salt; table salt; sodium chloride

Examples
このスープは塩が少し足りない。
This soup wants a bit of salt.
2

Common noun

hardship; toil; trouble

3

Common noun; Food, cooking

saltiness

4

Colloquial; Noun, used as a prefix

cold; unwelcoming; indifferent

しょっぱい塩っぱい~い Adj.Usually kanaFreq #14293
1

salty

Examples
このスープは、しょっぱ過ぎて飲めないよ。
This soup is too salty to eat.
2

calculating; stingy

3

scowling; grimacing; frowning

4

hoarse

5

Colloquial; Orig. sumo term meaning "weak"

inferior; poor; boring; dull

潮風しおかぜ汐風塩風NounFreq #18157
1

sea breeze; salty wind; briny air

塩梅按配あんばい案配按排安排NounFreq #25566
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Esp. 塩梅

seasoning; flavour; flavor; taste

Examples
いい塩梅だ。
The seasoning is just right.
2

Esp. 塩梅

condition; state; situation

3

Esp. 塩梅

(state of) health; physical condition

4

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Esp. 按配

arrangement; assignment; adjustment; handling; dealing with

塩味しおあじえんみしおみNoun~の Adj.Freq #26769
1

salty taste; saltiness

Examples
もうちょっと塩味をきかせてみたら?
How about adding a little bit more salt?
塩分えんぶんNounFreq #28311
1

salt; salt content

Examples
塩分の高い食事をとると、高血圧の原因になるかもしれない。
Maintaining a high salt diet may contribute to high blood pressure.
塩漬け塩漬しおづけNounFreq #30331
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

pickling in salt; food preserved in salt

Examples
塩漬けキャベツを細かく切る。
Chop the pickled cabbage finely.
2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused; mothballing

塩気しおけNounFreq #30837
1

saltiness

Examples
この沢庵は塩気が足りない。
The pickled radish needs a touch of salt.
塩焼き塩焼しおやきNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #32533
1

Food, cooking

grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt

2

boiling seawater to get salt

塩辛いしおからいからい (鹹い)鹹い~い Adj.Freq #33770
1

salty (taste); briny

Examples
このカツオの塩辛は塩辛すぎる。
These salted bonito guts are too salty for me.

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