塩

• 読み: しお
• ローマ字: shio
• 漢字の分解: 塩 (en/shio) — salt
• 発音: /ɕi.o/

意味

Salt. An essential seasoning in Japanese cuisine.

One of the most fundamental seasonings in Japanese cooking. Used in everything from seasoning rice balls (おにぎり) to preserving vegetables (漬物). Salt also has spiritual significance in Japanese culture — it is placed at entrances for purification and thrown in sumo rings before matches.

例文

1. 塩を取ってください。
2. この料理は塩が足りません。
3. おにぎりに塩をつけます。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, seasoning, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 塩 combines 土 (earth) with components suggesting a person overseeing salt production. Salt has been produced in Japan since ancient times, primarily through seawater evaporation.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal