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.
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.
A mixture of animal waste and water used as fertilizer.
Also used for agricultural slurry, especially in modern farming contexts.
The farmer spread slurry on the field.
Liquid fertilizer; can refer to slurry in agricultural contexts, though it's a broader term.
Explicit term for livestock manure slurry, used in technical agricultural documents.
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'.
Add the slurry to thicken the sauce.
Specifically for cornstarch slurry, common in Western-style cooking.
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.
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)
Store the slurry in a tank.
Build a treatment facility for livestock slurry.
Thicken the soup with a cornstarch slurry.