味噌汁

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 味噌汁 is read みそしる and means soup made with 味噌.
• Basic usage: It occurs in discussions of breakfast or ingredients such as tofu and green onions.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The verb 飲む
  • Japanese naturally uses 味噌汁を飲む, even where another language would say to eat or have soup. 飲む does not mean the soup has no solid ingredients.
• Particles and ingredients
  • In 味噌汁に豆腐を入れる, に marks the soup receiving the ingredient and を marks the tofu being added.