Keyword
salt
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig1568
Old form
Readings
しお
(77%)
えん
(18%)
あん
(3%)
Composed of
earth
cow head
mouth
dish
Used in vocabulary (366 in total)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
salty taste; saltiness
salt; salt content
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
saltiness
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
salty (taste); briny
salt water; brine
halite; rock salt
to bring up under one's personal care
seasoning with salt; amount of salt
cold reception; unwelcoming treatment
chlorine (Cl)
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
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
saltpan; field for drying salt
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
hydrochloric acid
shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth
to sprinkle salt on; to salt
base sequence (e.g. of DNA)
salted salmon
salty beef tongue
to spread salt (to spiritually purify)
salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)
physiological saline; normal saline; saline solution
cone-shaped
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
coarse salt; unrefined salt
thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); chloride
boiling with salt; boiling in salty water (e.g. vegetables)
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
to spread salt (to spiritually purify)
salt making
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
table salt; small plate
desalinating with water; salt removal
salt damage (from seawater, sea air, etc.)
salt thrown to purify the ring before a bout
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
salt lake; saline lake
placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt
to bring up under one's personal care
sodium chloride; salt
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
seaweed salt; salt from burning seaweed
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
feeling sad or downhearted; down in the dumps
salty sauce
(poly) vinyl chloride
rice cracker seasoned with soy sauce; salty rice cracker
salted kōji (traditional condiment)
cooking a fish inside a salt crust
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in
salt shaker
reduction of salt; sodium restriction
lightly salted
hot salt water (incl. bath)
unsalted butter
salty candy; salty caramel
to sprinkle salt on; to salt
salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)
vinyl chloride; chloroethylene
fair and delicate features (of a man)
potassium chloride
to preserve in salt
lightly salted
silver halide; silver salt
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
salted fish
preserving in salt; salting down
saline; halophytic
placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt
rice and salt; the necessities of life
slightly salted
chlorinated; chlorine
salted beans
basicity; alkalinity; basic; alkaline
crestfallen; dejected; shriveled (like a slug sprinkled with salt)
saltiness
sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in
to sprinkle salt on; to salt
salted pork; ham
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
salted kōji (traditional condiment)
salted fish (esp. salmon)
salted fish (esp. salmon)
salted and fermented fish sauce from Akita
(arch.) purifying salt; pile of salt placed by the door of a shop or restaurant; whitecap
vinyl chloride; chloroethylene
salt and MSG mixture
desalinating with water
tasty salt flavour (flavor)
saline spring
dilute hydrochloric acid
coarse salt; unrefined salt
boiling in salted water (e.g. fish)
chlorine disinfection; chlorination
iron salt; ferric salt
seasoning with salt; amount of salt
physiological saline; normal saline; saline solution
salty sea breeze; salt wind
silver chloride
matcha salt; salt mixed with powdered green tea
polyvinyl chloride; PVC
salt and miso; (arch.) everyday food
slightly salted
salty sauce
Chamisso's lousewort (Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica)
salt free; no-salt; raw fish; fresh fish; purity; naive person
single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
coarse tea in which a pinch of salt is added (said to help dissipate alcoholic intoxication)
salty sauce
cobalt chloride (esp. CoCl2, but also CoCl3)
salty sauce
dilute hydrochloric acid
sake used for seasoning (oft. containing a small amount of salt); cooking sake; seasoning with sake
polyvinyl chloride pipe; PVC pipe
roasted salt; parched salt; baked salt
roasted salt; parched salt; baked salt
polychlorinated biphenyl
low-salt soy sauce (containing less than 9% salt)
saltwater or saline lake
methyl chloride
salt removal; desalination
salted mackerel
abstinence from salt (for vow or spiritual reasons)
purifying salt (thrown in the sumo ring before a bout, after funerals, etc.)
molten salt; fused salt
yellow prussiate of potash
rock salt; halite
covering in salt
inorganic salts; inorganic base; mineral salts
salt and vinegar; (arch.) everyday food
low-salt; low-sodium
low-salt diet; low-sodium diet
Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)
desalination; desalinization; desalinisation; desalting
copper chloride
salt concentration
salted and dried
seaweed used in making salt; anthology
flower-shaped baked salt; sea salt crystals
crestfallen; dejected; shriveled (like a slug sprinkled with salt)
double salt
bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine
coarse salt; unrefined salt
saltiness
desalinating with water; salt removal
salty sauce
ammonium chloride
violent tide; fierce tidal current
tasty salt flavour (flavor)
rock salt; halite
low-salt soy sauce (containing less than 9% salt)
Triglochin maritima var. asiatica (variety of seaside arrowgrass)
chickweed (stitchwort) roasted and mixed with salt, then ground into a powder for use as toothpaste
chickweed (stitchwort) roasted and mixed with salt, then ground into a powder for use as toothpaste
chickweed (stitchwort) roasted and mixed with salt, then ground into a powder for use as toothpaste
salt; (strong) saltiness; (arch.) salt water; (arch.) seawater
salt; (strong) saltiness; (arch.) salt water; (arch.) seawater
seasoning; flavour; flavor; serving one's lord well (of a retainer)
(hot) saltwater bath
Epsom salts; magnesium sulfate
normal salt
desalting (drawing salt) from salted food; salt used for desalting
ammonium chloride soda process
ethylene chloride
cobalt chloride paper
polyvinyl chloride; PVC; vinyl chloride resin
sulphur chloride; sulfur chloride
basket for salt by the ring
salt-throwing ceremony before the sumo bout
irinotecan hydrochloride (anti-cancer drug)
salty broth; salt water
small, shallow dish
small, shallow dish
carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)
silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4)
silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4)
polyvinyl chloride pipe; PVC pipe
polyvinyl chloride pipe; PVC pipe
sylvite; sylvine
pilsicainide hydrochloride (anti-arrhythmic drug)
Lewis acids and bases
pot dish with white flesh fish and shottsuru sauce (Akita regional dish)
quinapril hydrochloride
sharp taste of (refined) salt
polyvinylidene chloride
salt equivalent; sodium chloride equivalent
chloroplatinic acid; hexachloroplatinic acid
well-balanced vinegar
titanium tetrachloride
hexachloroethane; perchloroethanes
salted; with salt
with added salt; salted
Glauber's salt; sodium sulfate decahydrate; sodium sulphate decahydrate
low-salt soy sauce (containing around 13% salt)
low-salt soy sauce (containing around 13% salt)
salt spray damage; salty wind damage
(genome) base editing; editing DNA bases
salted fermented bonito guts
salted fermented bonito guts
salted fermented bonito guts
molten salt electrolysis; fused-salt electrolysis
salt bath furnace
phytic acid; phytate
molten salt; fused salt
Shioya Station (Hyōgo)
Carex scabrifolia (species of sedge)
Asclepios shiranui (species of pond skater)
Examples (74 in total)
"Why is salt white?" "I don't know."
Would you bring me some salt?
This soup is too salty to eat.