Salt in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishTo scatter salt or grit on an icy road so that the ice melts and the road is less slippery.

Definition in Japanese凍った道路に塩や砂をまいて氷を溶かし、すべりにくくすること。

Example sentences

• 除雪車(じょせつしゃ)もう来(き)た？坂(さか)に融雪剤(ゆうせつざい)をまいてないなら、車(くるま)で下(お)りたくないな。🔊

  Has the snowplow been by yet? If they haven't salted the hill, I'm not driving down it.

• ここは十一月(じゅういちがつ)から四月(しがつ)まで道(みち)に融雪剤(ゆうせつざい)をまくから、車(くるま)の下(した)がサビだらけ。🔊

  They salt these roads from November to April, which is why my car's rusting from underneath.

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