青菜に塩
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 青 | 菜 | 塩 |
| あお Grade: 1 |
な Grade: 4 |
しお Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 靑菜に鹽 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]青菜 (“green vegetables”) + に (“to”) + 塩 (“salt”). Literally "put salt on vegetables (and thus it shrivels)"
Idiom
[edit]青菜に塩 • (aona ni shio)
- depressed
- 青菜に塩をかけたようだ。
- Aona ni shio o kaketa yō da.
- to look depressed
- 青菜に塩をかけたようだ。
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