How to say "salt" in Japanese

• 塩しおJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounSalt as a substance: common salt or table salt, the seasoning used in cooking and at the table. Choose it when 'salt' means the stuff itself, not the amount contained in something.
  このスープは塩しおが少すこし足たりない。↗

  This soup wants a bit of salt.
• 塩分えんぶんCommon
  nounSalt as a quantity rather than a substance: the salt content or amount of salt in something, or salinity. Typical when discussing how much salt food or water contains, as in diet and health.
  塩分えんぶんの高たかい食事しょくじをとると、高血圧こうけつあつの原因げんいんになるかもしれない。↗

  Maintaining a high salt diet may contribute to high blood pressure.

Use 塩 for salt itself, the substance you eat or sprinkle on food; use 塩分 when 'salt' means the amount of salt something contains — its salt content or salinity.

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• 塩しおsalt
• 塩分えんぶんsalt
• 塩えんsalt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.)
• ソルトsalt
• 塩類えんるいsalt
• 波の花なみのはなsalt
• 泉塩せんえんsalt (from a mineral spring)
• 塩化ナトリウムえんかナトリウムsodium chloride
• ＳＡＬＴソルトStrategic Arms Limitation Talks
• 塩をかけるしおをかけるto sprinkle salt on
• 塩をするしおをするto sprinkle salt on
• 締めるしめるto salt