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64 word matches found for '塩' using reading 'しお'
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noun
1. table salt
2. small plate  (see also: 手塩皿; abbreviation)
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Most common form: ヨツバシオガマ
noun
Chamisso's lousewort (Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
slightly salted
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noun
salt and MSG mixture
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noun
salty beef tongue
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Most common form: 胡麻塩頭
noun
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
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Most common form: 滷汁
noun
bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine
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noun
salt equivalent; sodium chloride equivalent
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noun
roasted salt; parched salt; baked salt
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Most common form: 荒潮
noun
violent tide; fierce tidal current
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expression
feeling sad or downhearted; down in the dumps
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noun
salt thrown to purify the ring before a bout  (sumo term)
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noun
seaweed salt; salt from burning seaweed
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expression
crestfallen; dejected; shriveled (like a slug sprinkled with salt)
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
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  (from Uesugi Kenshin sending salt to his enemy, Takeda Shingen, when Takeda's salt supply had been cut off)
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noun
covering in salt  (food term)
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noun
sesame and salt; gray hair; grey hair
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expression, ichidan verb
to bring up under one's personal care
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noun
small plate
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noun
seaweed used in making salt; anthology
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noun
salty sea breeze; salt wind
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1. (fish) grilled or broiled with salt
2. boiling seawater to get salt
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Most common form: しお
noun
1. salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt  (esp. しお)
2. salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.)  (esp. えん; chemistry term)
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noun
1. salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)
2. cooking a fish inside a salt crust  (see also: 塩釜焼き; abbreviation)
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noun
1. purifying salt  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 塩花, 鹽花)
2. pile of salt placed by the door of a shop or restaurant  (this meaning is restricted to form 塩花, 鹽花)
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noun
saltiness
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noun
salt shaker
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salt and pepper
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expression, ichidan verb
to sprinkle salt on; to salt
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Most common form: 潮汁
noun
1. salty broth
2. salt water
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