青菜に塩

Japanese
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

青菜 (“green vegetables”) +‎ に (“to”) +‎ 塩 (“salt”). Literally "put salt on vegetables (and thus it shrivels)"

Idiom

青(あお)菜(な)に塩(しお) • (aona ni shio) 

  1. depressed
    青菜(あおな)に塩(しお)をかけたようだ。
    Aona ni shio o kaketa yō da.
    to look depressed
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