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.
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.