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：2026/01/08
塩
Hiragana
しお
Noun
broadly
colloquial
abbreviation
alt-of
Japanese Meaning
食事の味付けや保存に用いられる固体の調味料で、主成分は塩化ナトリウム（食塩）。主に海水の濃縮・結晶化や岩塩の採掘によって得られる。
Easy Japanese Meaning
しょっぱくするために、りょうりにいれるしろいこな。うみのみずからつくる。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
盐；食盐 / 盐分；咸味
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
鹽；食鹽 / 鹽味；鹹味 / 鹽類（化學）
Korean Meaning
소금 / 염분, 소금기
Indonesian
garam / natrium klorida / bumbu penambah rasa asin
Vietnamese Meaning
muối / muối ăn
Tagalog Meaning
asin / panimplang maalat / sodium klorido
Sense（1）
saltiness
Sense（2）
(by extension, colloquial) hardship, toil, trouble
Sense（3）
(colloquial) a hoarse voice
Sense（4）
(colloquial) Short for 塩屋 (shioya): a salter
Sense（5）
salt
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