JLPT N5 · Noun

醤油 (shouyu)

醤油 (しょうゆ, shouyu) is a Japanese noun meaning “soy sauce; soya sauce”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しょうゆ
Romaji: shouyu
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu · noun

Example sentences

同社は醤油その他の食品を生産する。

The company produces soy sauce and other food products.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 醤油

醤

a kind of misoショウ・ひしお · 17 strokes

油

oil, fatユ・ユウ・あぶら · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 醤油.

油あぶらoil石油せきゆoil灯油とうゆkerosene油断ゆだんnegligence原油げんゆcrude oil油絵あぶらえoil painting

Source: JMdict entry 1595020 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.