Illustration: At a home dining table, a diner carefully tilts a small glass soy sauce dispenser over a shallow dipping dish beside a plate of sashimi and shredded daikon. A thin stream of dark brown liquid forms a glossy pool in the dish.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

醤しょう油ゆ

shouyu

soy sauce

Also commonly written しょうゆ. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. トム、そこの醤油しょうゆ取とって。

    Tom, please pass me that soy sauce.

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  2. 寿司すしに醤油しょうゆなんてつけないわ。

    I never dip my sushi in soy sauce.

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  3. マヨネーズと醤油しょうゆを買かわなきゃ。

    I need to buy some mayonnaise and soy sauce.

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Kanji in 醤油

  • 醤a kind of misoOnショウKunひしお
  • 油oil; fatOnユ・ユウKunあぶら

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