砂糖(さとう)

さとう
noun
sugar
food
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.

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Usage

Unlike Western cooking, Japanese cuisine uses sugar in many savory dishes (煮物(にもの), teriyaki, etc.).
佐藤(さとう) (same pronunciation) is one of the most common Japanese surnames.

Related Words

Compare: 塩(しお)
Related: 甘(あま)い
Related: 白砂糖(しろざとう)
Related: 黒砂糖(くろざとう)
Compare: 黒糖(こくとう) (brown sugar)
Compare: 果糖(かとう) (fructose)
Compare: 糖類(とうるい) (sugars)
Compare: ガムシロップ (gum syrup)
Related: 乳糖(にゅうとう) (lactose)
Related: 肉(にく)じゃが (nikujaga (meat and potato stew))
Related: 炭水化物(たんすいかぶつ) (carbohydrate)
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Added 2026.1.7 21:38 · Revised 2026.10.11 4:53
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