Illustration: At a home kitchen counter, a cook tips a small spoonful of coarse salt from an open ceramic salt cellar into a clear bowl of water. The last crystals fall while a second spoon stirs the liquid, with a few grains still visible near the bottom.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

塩しお水みず

shiomizu

salt water

Also read えんすい, especially in technical contexts. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 塩水しおみずでうがいすると、咳せきに効きくんだよ。

    Gargling with salt water helps stop coughing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 牡蠣かきを薄うすい塩水しおみずを加くわえて洗あらう。

    Add lightly salted water to the oysters and wash them.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 海水程度かいすいていどの塩水しおみずに一晩漬ひとばんつけるか、もしくはそのまま、半日はんにちほど風かぜに当あたるよう日干ひぼしにする。

    Soak it overnight in salt water about as salty as seawater, or leave it as it is and dry it in the sun for about half a day where the wind can reach it.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 塩水

  • 塩saltOnエンKunしお
  • 水waterOnスイKunみず・みず-

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