食しょく塩えん

しょ

く

え

ん

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Common term for salt used in cooking and at the table; often contrasted with industrial or chemical salts.

え

て

ください

。

Please add a pinch of salt to this dish.

食しょく塩えんの取とりすぎに注ちゅう意いしましょう。

Let's be careful not to take too much salt.

〈物もの〉に食しょく塩えんを加くわえるto add table salt to something
スープに食しょく塩えんを少すこし加くわえた。
I added a little table salt to the soup.
食しょく塩えんを控ひかえるto cut back on (table) salt intake
健けん康こうのために食しょく塩えんを控ひかえるようにしている。
I try to cut back on salt for my health.

塩しおN5
塩 is the general word for salt of any kind, including sea salt and rock salt, while 食塩 specifically means refined table salt meant for eating.

塩えん分ぶんN1
食塩 refers to the salt itself as a substance, while 塩分 refers to the amount or content of salt in something (e.g. food or blood).
岩がん塩えん
食塩 refers to refined table salt sold for daily cooking, whereas 岩塩 is unrefined mineral salt mined from rock deposits.

Compound of 食 (eating) and 塩 (salt), literally 'eating salt'. The term distinguishes table salt from other types of salt.