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soy sauce dispenser; soy sauce bottle
A small bottle or container designed specifically for pouring soy sauce at the table. Typically a glass or ceramic bottle with a narrow spout.
醤油差しを取ってください。
Please pass the soy sauce bottle.
醤油差しの蓋がなかなか開かない。
The lid of the soy sauce bottle won't open easily.
食卓に醤油差しと塩と胡椒を並べておいた。
I set out the soy sauce bottle, salt, and pepper on the dining table.
A compound of 醤油 (soy sauce) and 差し (dispenser, from 差す meaning to pour). The 差し suffix is used for various tabletop dispensers.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 醤油差しを回す: to pass the soy sauce bottle around
- 醤油差しを補充する: to refill the soy sauce bottle
- ガラスの醤油差し: glass soy sauce bottle
RELATED TERMS:
- 酢差し: vinegar cruet
- 油差し: oil can, oiler
- 卓上調味料: tabletop condiments
CULTURAL NOTE:
The classic Japanese 醤油差し is a small glass bottle with a red plastic cap, found on virtually every dining table in Japan. Fish-shaped ceramic versions (魚の形の醤油差し) are iconic items at sushi restaurants and are also sold as miniature packets with takeout sushi.