減塩

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 減塩 is read as げんえん and is a noun for reducing salt or sodium in food or diet, also used attributively for a reduced-salt product.
• Basic usage: Use 減塩のみそ for reduced-salt miso and 減塩に取り組む for making a broader effort to cut intake.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Product and practice
  • The first pattern describes a product with less salt, while the second describes an ongoing dietary effort.
• Reduced is not zero
  • 減塩 means a reduction and does not imply the complete absence expressed by 無塩.