調ちょう味み料りょう

ちょ

う

み

りょ

う

Common wordJLPTN3

Meanings

1

noun

seasoning; flavoring; condiment

General term for ingredients added to food to adjust taste, such as salt, soy sauce, miso, sugar, vinegar, or spices.

この料りょう理りは

調ちょう

味み

料りょう

が

少すく

なく

て

、

素そ

材ざい

の

味あじ

が

生い

き

て

いる

。

This dish uses few seasonings, so the natural flavor of the ingredients comes through.

塩しおとこしょうは基き本ほん的てきな調ちょう味み料りょうです。

Salt and pepper are basic seasonings.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉に調ちょう味み料りょうを加くわえるto add seasoning to food
スープに調ちょう味み料りょうを加くわえて味あじを整ととのえた。
I added seasoning to the soup to balance the flavor.
調ちょう味み料りょうで味あじを調ととのえるto adjust the taste with seasoning
醤しょう油ゆとみりんなどの調ちょう味み料りょうで味あじを調ととのえる。
Adjust the flavor using seasonings like soy sauce and mirin.
調ちょう味み料りょうを入いれるto put in seasoning
鍋なべに調ちょう味み料りょうを入いれてよく混まぜた。
I put the seasoning into the pot and mixed it well.
〈数すう〉種しゅ類るいの調ちょう味み料りょうa certain number of kinds of seasoning
この料りょう理りには五ご種しゅ類るいの調ちょう味み料りょうを使つかう。
This dish uses five different seasonings.

Kanji

調tune, tone, meter
味flavor, taste
料fee, materials

Related words

香こう辛しん料りょうN1
調味料 covers all seasonings (salt, soy sauce, sugar, etc.), while 香辛料 refers specifically to spices and aromatic seasonings like pepper or cinnamon.
薬やく味み
調味料 is the broad category of flavoring ingredients, whereas 薬味 are small garnishes like grated ginger or chopped green onion added for aroma.
シーズニング
調味料 is the broad, everyday Japanese term for any seasoning (soy sauce, salt, sugar, etc.), while シーズニング usually refers to a pre-mixed, often Western-style seasoning blend.
添てん加か物ぶつ
調味料 refers specifically to seasonings used to flavor food, while 添加物 is the general term for any added substance, whether for flavor, preservation, or color.

Don't confuse with

調ちょう味み
調味料 is the concrete seasoning or condiment itself (e.g. soy sauce, salt), while 調味 is the act or process of seasoning food with it.

Word family

化か学がく調ちょう味み料りょう
chemical seasoning; flavor enhancer; MSG
醸じょう造ぞう調ちょう味み料りょう
fermented seasoning
うま味み調ちょう味み料りょう
flavor enhancer; umami seasoning

Built from

調ちょう味み+料りょう

Etymology

Compound of 調味 (chōmi, 'seasoning, flavoring') + 料 (ryō, 'material, ingredient'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the word has been used in Japanese for centuries to refer to flavoring ingredients.

みりん風ふう調ちょう味み料りょう

mirin-style seasoning; low-alcohol mirin substitute