1.
salting; salt-preserved; pickled in salt
Food preserved by coating or soaking in salt, or the process of salt preservation.
2.
unused assets; money left idle
Figuratively, assets or investments left untouched, typically stocks held after their price has fallen; also a plan or project shelved indefinitely.
Common collocations
- 塩漬けにする: to salt, to preserve in salt; (fig.) to leave untouched
- 塩漬けの魚: salted fish
- 塩漬け株: stocks held at a loss, waiting for the price to recover
- 計画が塩漬けになる: a plan is shelved indefinitely
Usage
- The figurative sense comes from the idea of keeping something preserved indefinitely without using it. It suggests an unwilling or awkward hold: the owner would sell or proceed, but not at the current price or under current conditions.