砂糖(さとう)

さとう
noun
sugar
1. sugar
A sweet crystalline substance obtained from sugarcane or sugar beets, used as a sweetener in food and drinks.
コーヒーに砂糖(さとう)を入(い)れますか。
Do you put sugar in your coffee?
砂糖(さとう)をもう少(すこ)しください。
Please give me a little more sugar.
このケーキには砂糖(さとう)を使(つか)いません。
This cake doesn't use sugar.
砂糖(さとう)と塩(しお)を間違(まちが)えないでください。
Please don't confuse the sugar and salt.
子供(こども)は甘(あま)いものが好(す)きなので、砂糖(さとう)をたくさん食(た)べたがりますが、体(からだ)によくないです。
Children like sweet things so they want to eat a lot of sugar, but it's not good for their bodies.

砂糖(さとう) is sugar, one of the basic cooking ingredients in Japanese cuisine.

TYPES OF SUGAR:

  • 白(しろ)砂糖(さとう): white sugar
  • 黒(くろ)砂糖(さとう): brown sugar/muscovado
  • グラニュー糖(とう): granulated sugar
  • 角砂糖(かくざとう): sugar cube

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 砂糖(さとう)を入(い)れる: to add sugar
  • 砂糖(さとう)抜(ぬ)き: without sugar, sugar-free
  • 砂糖(さとう)控(ひか)えめ: low sugar

IN COOKING:
Unlike Western cooking, Japanese cuisine uses sugar in many savory dishes (煮物(にもの), teriyaki, etc.).

COMMON MISTAKE:
砂糖(さとう) and 塩(しお) (salt) look similar - a common mix-up in the kitchen!

NOTE:
佐藤(さとう) (same pronunciation) is one of the most common Japanese surnames.

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Added 2026.1.7 21:38 · Revised 2026.2.19 11:53
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