Translation guide
A semi-liquid mixture, often of solids suspended in water, used in industrial, agricultural, or culinary contexts.
A fluid mixture of cement, coal, or other solids with water, used in construction, mining, or manufacturing.
A mixture of animal waste and water used as fertilizer.
Also used for agricultural slurry, especially in modern farming contexts.
A mixture of starch (like cornstarch) and cold water used to thicken sauces or soups.
The standard term for a starch slurry in Japanese cooking. Literally 'water-dissolved potato starch'.
While スラリー is understood in industrial/agricultural contexts, it sounds unnatural for cooking. Use 水溶き片栗粉 or similar instead.
Add slurry to the soup. (unnatural)
Pour the cement slurry.
A technical term for slurry, especially in ceramics or chemical engineering. More formal and written.
The slurry is transported by pump.
Scientific term for a suspension, often used when emphasizing the solid particles in liquid. Not common in everyday speech.
This slurry contains fine particles.
The farmer spread slurry on the field.
Liquid fertilizer; can refer to slurry in agricultural contexts, though it's a broader term.
Store the slurry in a tank.
Explicit term for livestock manure slurry, used in technical agricultural documents.
Build a treatment facility for livestock slurry.
Add the slurry to thicken the sauce.
Specifically for cornstarch slurry, common in Western-style cooking.
Thicken the soup with a cornstarch slurry.
A productive pattern: 水溶き (mizutoki) means 'dissolved in water', so you can say 水溶き小麦粉 (flour slurry) etc.
Add a flour slurry.