醤油

See also: 醬油

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
醤	油
しょう Hyōgaiji	ゆ Grade: 3
kan’on	goon

Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

/ɕauju/ → /ɕɔːju/ → /ɕoːju/

First attested in the mid-Muromachi period.

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 醬油／酱油 (jiàngyóu, literally “thick paste + oil”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーゆ [shòóyú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːjɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

醤(しょう)油(ゆ) • (shōyu) ^{←しやうゆ (syauyu)?}

1. soy sauce

   Synonyms: 下地 (shitaji), 紫 (murasaki)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 醤油(しょうゆ)粕(かす) (shōyu kasu)
• 醤油(しょうゆ)差(さ)し (shōyusashi)
• 醤油(しょうゆ)樽(だる) (shōyudaru)
• 醤油(しょうゆ)の実(み) (shōyu no mi)
• 醤油(しょうゆ)の諸(もろ)味(み) (shōyu no moromi)
• 醤油(しょうゆ)屋(や) (shōyu-ya)
• 醤油(しょうゆ)焼(や)き (shōyu-yaki)
• 醤油(しょうゆ)ラーメン (shōyu rāmen)
• アミノ酸(さん)醤油(しょうゆ) (aminosan shōyu)
• 合(あ)わせ醤油(じょうゆ) (awase-jōyu)
• 玉筋魚(いかなご)醤油(じょうゆ), 鮊子(いかなご)醤油(しょうゆ) (ikanago shōyu)
• 魚(うお)醤油(じょうゆ) (uo-jōyu)
• 薄口(うすくち)醤油(しょうゆ) (usukuchi shōyu)
• 梅(うめ)醤油(しょうゆ) (ume shōyu)
• 牡蠣(かき)醤油(じょうゆ) (kaki-jōyu)
• 掛(か)け醤油(じょうゆ) (kakejōyu)
• 芥子(からし)醤油(じょうゆ) (karashi-jōyu)
• 甘露(かんろ)醤油(しょうゆ) (kanro shōyu)
• 生醤油(きじょうゆ) (kijōyu)
• 葛(くず)醤油(じょうゆ) (kuzujōyu)
• 減塩(げんえん)醤油(しょうゆ) (gen'en shōyu)
• 濃(こ)い口(くち)醤油(しょうゆ) (koikuchi shōyu)
• 再(さい)仕込(しこ)み醤油(しょうゆ) (saishikomi shōyu)
• 砂糖(さとう)醤油(じょうゆ) (satō-jōyu)
• 山椒(さんしょう)醤油(じょうゆ) (sanshō-jōyu)
• 白(しろ)醤油(しょうゆ) (shiro-shōyu)
• 酢醤油(すじょうゆ) (sujōyu)
• 速成(そくせい)醤油(しょうゆ) (sokusei shōyu)
• 溜(た)まり醤油(じょうゆ) (tamarijōyu)
• 銚子(ちょうし)醤油(しょうゆ) (chōshi shōyu)
• 低塩(ていえん)醤油(しょうゆ) (teien shōyu)
• 土佐(とさ)醤油(じょうゆ) (Tosa-jōyu)
• 生(なま)醤油(じょうゆ) (namajōyu)
• 野田(のだ)醤油(しょうゆ) (Noda shōyu)
• 浜(はま)醤油(じょうゆ) (hamajōyu)
• 番醤油(ばんじょうゆ) (banjōyu)
• 無塩(むえん)醤油(しょうゆ) (muen shōyu)
• 湯(ゆ)浅(あさ)醤油(しょうゆ) (Yuasa shōyu)
• 山葵(わさび)醤油(じょうゆ) (wasabi-jōyu)
• 割(わ)り醤油(じょうゆ) (warijōyu)

Proverbs

• 醤油(しょうゆ)で煮染(にし)めたよう (shōyu de nishimetayou, “dipped in boiling soy sauce → very dirty”)
• 金時(きんとき)の醤油(しょうゆ)煮(だ)き (Kintoki no shōyudaki)

Descendants

• → Dutch: soja, via Kagoshima dialect forms そい (soi) → そや (soya) (see there for further descendants)
• → Hawaiian: koiū

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
醤	油
しょう Hyōgaiji	ゆう Grade: 3
kan’on

Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

/ɕaujiu/ → /ɕɔːjuː/ → /ɕoːjuː/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Shift from shōyu above?”)

Noun

醤(しょう)油(ゆう) • (shōyū) ^{←しやういう (syauiu)?}

1. (rare) soy sauce

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
醤	油
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 3

Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

Cognate with standard Japanese 醤(しょう)油(ゆ) (shōyu) and Okinawan 醤(そー)油(ゆー) (sōyū).

Pronunciation

• (Kagoshima) IPA^(key): [soj]
• (Kagoshima) IPA^(key): [ɕoj]

Noun

醤油(そい) or 醤油(しょい) • (soi or shoi) 

1. (dialectal, Kagoshima) soy sauce

Descendants

• → Dutch: soja, via topicalized form そや (soya) (see there for further descendants)

See also

• 大(だい)豆(ず) (daizu, “soybean”)
• 醤(ひしお) (hishio)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
醤	油
そー Hyōgaiji	ゆー Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu, “soy sauce”).

Pronunciation

• (Shuri-Naha) そーゆー [sòóyúú] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [soːjuː]

Noun

醤(そー)油(ゆー) (sōyū) 

1. soy sauce

Toku-No-Shima

Kanji in this term
醤	油
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 3

Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 醤油 (shōyu, “soy sauce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕoi]

Noun

醤油(しょい) (shoi) 

1. (Asama) soy sauce

References

• “しょい【醤油・醬油】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.