塩（しお）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: salt
Example sentences
- スープに塩を少しだけ入れる。 — Add just a little salt to the soup.
- 塩を入れすぎて、しょっぱくなった。 — I added too much salt and it turned out too salty.
Idioms & proverbs containing “塩”
- 青菜に塩 (あおなにしお) — feeling sad or downhearted; down in the dumps
- 蛞蝓に塩 (なめくじにしお) — crestfallen; dejected; shriveled (like a slug sprinkled with salt)
- 傷口に塩 (きずぐちにしお) — (rubbing) salt in the wound
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