shōyu
1. soy sauce; soya sauce
★ Common
Noun
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1. soy sauce; soya sauce
1. paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water
2. watery mash left over from making soy sauce
1. miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans — explanation
2. innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso
+ 3 additional meanings1. If/when soy sauce
1. It was soy sauce.
1. It is not soy sauce.
1. Is not soy sauce.; It is not soy sauce.
1. It wasn't soy sauce.
1. It's not soy sauce.; I don't use soy sauce.
1. Probably soy sauce.