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天然塩 (てんねんえん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

天てん然ねん塩えん

also: てんねんじお

Meanings

1

noun

natural salt

Salt produced by natural evaporation (e.g., sun-dried sea salt) without artificial refinement or additives.

この天てん然ねん塩えんはミネラルが豊ほう富ふです。
This natural salt is rich in minerals.

Written forms

天然塩
- てんねんえん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading てんねんえん is the most common.
- てんねんじお
  Alternate reading using kun'yomi for 塩; less common but recognized.
てんねんじお

Kanji

天heavens, sky, imperial
然sort of thing, so, if so

塩salt

Similar words

食しょく塩えん
食塩 is refined table salt, often with additives; 天然塩 is unrefined and naturally produced.
海かい塩えん
海塩 specifically means sea salt, while 天然塩 can include other natural sources like rock salt.

Etymology

Compound of 天然 (natural) and 塩 (salt).