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    3. 塩

    塩

    塩しお

    salt

    N5KMT6News #6+1CoreFood & DiningKanji Vocab13 strokes

    しお

    Noun

    1.
    salt, common salt, table salt, sodium chloride
    2.
    hardship, toil, trouble
    3.
    saltiness
    food, cooking

    Noun, Prefix

    4.
    cold, unwelcoming, indifferent
    colloquial

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    料りょう理りに塩しおを少すこし加くわえる。

    Add a little salt to the dish.

    KMT3Food & DiningDaily Life
    この魚さかなは塩しお焼やきにすると美お味いしい。

    This fish is delicious when grilled with salt.

    KMT5Food & Dining
    塩えん分ぶんを控ひかえめにするように医い者しゃに言いわれた。

    The doctor told me to reduce my salt intake.

    KMT6Food & DiningMedicine & Health
    海かい水すいから塩しおを作つくる伝でん統とう的てきな方ほう法ほうがある。

    There is a traditional method of making salt from seawater.

    KMT6Food & DiningNature & EnvironmentCulture & Traditions
    塩しおは昔むかしから貴き重ちょうな調ちょう味み料りょうであり、保ほ存ぞん料りょうとしても使つかわれてきた。

    Salt has been a valuable seasoning since ancient times and has also been used as a preservative.

    KMT7Food & DiningHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    塩
    しお…(1)
    salt
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