noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
salt-free; unsalted
Describes food or products that contain no salt or are prepared without salt.
The doctor recommended a salt-free diet.
raw fish; fresh fish
Only with reading ぶえん
Reading ぶえん. Refers to fish that is raw or very fresh, often in culinary contexts.
purity; naive person
Only with reading ぶえん
Reading ぶえん. Can mean purity or, by extension, a naive or innocent person. Rare usage.
I'm surprised by his naivety.
Only with reading ぶえん
Reading ぶえん. Slang or derogatory term for an unattractive woman. Very rare and potentially offensive.
このバターは無塩タイプです。
This butter is the unsalted type.
I bought fresh fish at the market and made sashimi.
I've seen the word 'buen' used in an old novel.
salted; with salt
Standard kanji spelling for 'salt-free'.
無 (mu, 'without') + 塩 (en, 'salt'). The reading ぶえん is a variant used in specific senses, possibly from a different historical or dialectal origin.