塩 (Shio) is a Japanese noun meaning “salt, common salt, table salt, sodium chloride”.
Meanings
- nounsalt; common salt; table salt; sodium chloride
- nounhardship; toil; trouble
- nounsaltiness
- noun prefixcold; unwelcoming; indifferent
Examples
塩で味を付ける。
We season with salt.
塩を入れましたか。
Did you put in any salt?
塩を取って下さい。
Pass me the salt, please.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).