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2008.12.17
Of all the flavors the human palate can experience, is there any more universally loved than this one?
SWEET (food) 甘い(食べ物)
- Food is sweet (adjective) if it tastes like it has a lot of sugar in it.
A sweet (noun) is a food that has a lot of sugar in it. - 食べ物について sweet (形容詞)と言うと、糖分を多く含んでいる味がする、つまり、甘い、という意味になります。
名詞の sweet は、糖分を多く含む食べ物、つまり、甘味、お菓子のことです。
- (customer at a fruit and vegetable shop)
Are these mikan sweet? - I'm craving (= strongly want) something sweet.
- A lot of American desserts are too rich and sweet for me. I prefer traditional Japanese sweets like manju and dango.
- I have eleven cavities. I guess I ate too many sweets when I was a kid.
- (to a child eating her third Christmas cookie)
Don't fill up on sweets, dear. Dinner will be ready soon.
Umm, that was finger-licking good!