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Salt is sold by weight.
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Vocabulary list

shio
noun
  1. salt; common salt; table salt; sodium chloride
  2. hardship; toil; trouble
  3. saltiness
noun, used as a prefix
  1. cold; unwelcoming; indifferent
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
mekata
noun
  1. weight
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
uru

Passive Plain Present Indicative Form

urareru
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to sell

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