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.
The most direct and common term for industrial slurries, borrowed from English.
セメントスラリーを流し込む。
Pour the cement slurry.
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'.
水溶き片栗粉を加えてとろみをつける。
Add the slurry to thicken the sauce.
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.
スラリーをスープに入れる。
Add slurry to the soup. (unnatural)
A technical term for slurry, especially in ceramics or chemical engineering. More formal and written.
泥漿をポンプで移送する。
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.
この懸濁液は微粒子を含んでいる。
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.
液肥をタンクに貯蔵する。
Store the slurry in a tank.
Explicit term for livestock manure slurry, used in technical agricultural documents.
家畜糞尿スラリーの処理施設を建設する。
Build a treatment facility for livestock slurry.
Specifically for cornstarch slurry, common in Western-style cooking.
水溶きコーンスターチでスープを濃くする。
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.
水溶き小麦粉を入れる。
Add a flour slurry.