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調味料ちょうみりょう

ちょうみりょう choumiryou Play N2 Noun

料理に加えて、味を調えたり風味をつけたりするためのもの。 condiment; seasoning

Example 1

市販の調味料よりうまいと言いきれる。

I can definitively say that this seasoning tastes better than anything you could buy in a store.

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Example 2

この調味料、万能すぎて何にでもかけてる。

This seasoning is so versatile that you can put it on anything.

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Kanji breakdown

味

N4

flavor; taste

On reading
ミ
Kun reading
あじ、あじ.わう
Radical
口

料

N4

fee; materials

On reading
リョウ
Kun reading
Radical
斗

調

N3

tune; tone; meter; key (music); writing style; prepare; exorcise; investigate; harmonize; mediate

On reading
チョウ
Kun reading
しら.べる、しら.べ、ととの.う、ととの.える
Radical
言
Illustration of 中味
N2

なかみ

contents; interior; substance; filling; (sword) blade

Illustration of 原料
N2

げんりょう

raw materials

Illustration of 味わう
N2

あじわう

to taste; to savor; to relish

Illustration of 地味
N2

じみ

plain; simple

Illustration of 有料
N2

ゆうりょう

admission-paid; toll