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salted dried fish; salt-preserved dried seafood
Seafood that has been preserved by salting and then drying. A traditional Japanese food preservation method that produces ingredients with concentrated flavor, commonly used in everyday cooking.
塩干物を焼いて食べる。
I grill salted dried fish and eat it.
この店は塩干物の品揃えが豊富だ。
This shop has a wide selection of salted dried seafood.
日本の沿岸部では、昔から塩干物が保存食として重宝されてきた。
In Japan's coastal areas, salted dried seafood has long been valued as a preserved food.
Composed of 塩 (salt), 干 (dried), and 物 (thing). A category of preserved seafood products that includes items like 干物 (dried fish) that have been additionally salted. Common examples include salted and dried horse mackerel, sardines, and squid.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 塩干物を焼く: to grill salted dried fish
- 塩干物売り場: salted dried fish section (in a store)
- 塩干物の加工: processing of salted dried seafood
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 干物: dried fish — may or may not be salted; the broader category
- 塩鮭: salted salmon — a specific type of salted fish
- 燻製: smoked food — preserved by smoking rather than salt-drying