salt; strong saltiness
Rare term for salt or a notably salty taste. Not used in everyday conversation; encountered mainly in older or literary contexts.
This dish lacks salt.
Archaic word for seawater or brine. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by 塩水 (しおみず) or 海水 (かいすい).
In old documents, there are examples where からしお is used to mean seawater.
Common word for salt water. 辛塩 in the seawater sense is archaic and not used today.
Rare kanji spelling; the word itself is uncommon.
Alternate rare kanji form using 鹹 (salty).
Compound of 辛 (から, 'spicy, salty') and 塩 (しお, 'salt'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is now rare and largely replaced by simpler terms.