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塩 - N2 Kanji

Meaning of 塩 意味

salt

塩 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

しお shio

KUNYOMI 訓読み

エン en

Examples

このスープは塩が少し足りない。This soup wants a bit of salt.
お塩とって。Pass me the salt.
塩を入れましたか。Did you put in any salt?
塩をこちらに頂戴。Would you pass the salt, please?
塩は残っていない。There is no salt left.
彼は私に塩をくれた。He gave me the salt.
塩は目方で売られる。Salt is sold by weight.
塩が残っていますか。Is there any salt left?
砂糖と塩を間違えるな。Don’t confuse sugar with salt.
塩は味付けに使われる。Salt is used to season food.

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