塩

Noun or verb acting prenominally; Chemistry

monobasic; monatomic; single-nucleotide

salt dough

Food, cooking

salted crescent roll; salted butter roll

unsalted food; salt-free diet

Company name

Shionogi (pharmaceutical company)

to bring up under one's personal care

salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper

From Uesugi Kenshin sending salt to his enemy, Takeda Shingen, when Takeda's salt supply had been cut off

to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty

shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth

to sprinkle salt on; to salt

Biochemistry

base sequence; nucleotide sequence; nucleic acid sequence

salty-sweet

Occ. insulting, indicating somebody is not wanted

to spread salt (to spiritually purify)

physiological saline; normal saline; saline solution

Sumo

salt thrown to purify the ring before a bout

salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray

Chemistry

sodium chloride; salt

Idiomatic expression

feeling sad or downhearted; down in the dumps

Food, cooking

rice cracker seasoned with soy sauce; salty rice cracker

Food, cooking

cooking a fish inside a salt crust

unsalted butter

calcium chloride

Chemistry

vinyl chloride; chloroethylene

to preserve in salt