Word details
塩
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 塩.
Dictionary
Entry
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
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
塩
salt
13 strokesFrequency 1,148JLPT N2Grade 4
On
エン
Kun
しお
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