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For Life
2007.07.25(Review of 2002.08.20 edition)

What's your favorite festival fare (= food)? Here are a couple of ours!

Today's Lesson
COTTON CANDY / CORN ON THE COB
綿菓子/軸つきとうもろこし

Explanation

  • Cotton candy is a sweet, sticky mass of thin threads made from melted sugar, usually eaten on a stick at amusement parks, festivals, and other special events.

    Corn on the cob is corn that is cooked with the grains still attached to the hard, cylindrical (= shaped like a thick stick) core.
  • cotton candy は、溶かした砂糖からつくられた細いねばねばした糸状のかたまり、つまり、綿菓子のことです。たいてい遊園地やお祭り、特別な催しなどで棒にからめて食べられます。

    corn on the cob は、固い円柱(=太い棒のような形)の芯に実がついたまま調理されたとうもろこしのことです。

COTTON CANDY / CORN ON THE COB

examples

  1. I promised my daughter that I'd buy her some cotton candy at the festival.
  2. Let me know if you see a food stall selling cotton candy.
  3. In the U.S., they often eat corn on the cob with melted butter and salt, but in Japan they usually brush on some soy sauce.
  4. We're barbecuing steaks and corn on the cob for dinner.

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