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noun[U]
soy sauce; a salty, dark-brown fermented seasoning made chiefly from soybeans and wheat
shōyu
Pronunciation
Etymology
Usually written 醤油; from 醤, referring to a fermented paste or sauce, and 油, originally meaning oil or liquid, though modern soy sauce is not an oil.
Examples
刺身にしょうゆを少しつけて食べます。
sashimi ni shōyu o sukoshi tsukete tabemasu
I put a little soy sauce on sashimi and eat it.
この料理にはしょうゆがよく合います。
kono ryōri ni wa shōyu ga yoku aimasu
Soy sauce goes well with this dish.
しょうゆを入れすぎると、味が濃くなります。
shōyu o iresugiru to, aji ga koku narimasu
If you add too much soy sauce, the flavor becomes too strong.
Character Breakdown
し
shi
hiragana syllable shi
ょ
yo
small hiragana yo, used to form a palatalized sound
う
u
hiragana syllable u; here marks the long vowel in shō
ゆ
yu
hiragana syllable yu
Collocations
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