• 塩しお — salt
• 塩分えんぶん — salt content
• 塩水しおみず — salt water
• 塩味しおあじ — salty taste
• 塩焼しおやき — salt-grilled
• 塩辛しおから — salted seafood

Historically, salt has held both culinary and economic value in Japan. The character 塩 includes the radical 土 (soil), reflecting its natural, elemental origin. Its older form includes the character for 皿 (dish) and 鹵 (salt crystal), emphasizing its physical form.

塩しおを 少すこし加くわえてください。
Please add a little salt.

この魚さかなは 塩焼しおやきにします。
This fish will be grilled with salt.

塩分えんぶんの摂せっり過すぎに注意ちゅういしましょう。
Be careful not to consume too much salt.

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