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.
医者から無塩の食事を勧められた。
The doctor recommended a salt-free diet.
このバターは無塩タイプです。
This butter is the unsalted type.
noun
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.
市場でぶえんの魚を買って刺身にした。
I bought fresh fish at the market and made sashimi.
noun
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.
彼のぶえんさには驚かされる。
I'm surprised by his naivety.
noun
Only with reading ぶえん
Reading ぶえん. Slang or derogatory term for an unattractive woman. Very rare and potentially offensive.
古い小説で「ぶえん」という言葉を見たことがある。
I've seen the word 'buen' used in an old novel.
減塩 means 'reduced salt', while 無塩 means 'salt-free' or 'no salt added'.
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.