洋菓子(ようがし)

ようがし
noun
Western sweets
food
1. Western-style sweets, Western confectionery
Sweets and desserts that originated in Western countries, as opposed to traditional Japanese sweets. Includes cakes, cookies, chocolate, etc.
この店(みせ)は洋菓子(ようがし)で有名(ゆうめい)です。
This shop is famous for Western sweets.
洋菓子(ようがし)をお茶(ちゃ)と一緒(いっしょ)にいただく。
Have Western sweets together with tea.
誕生日(たんじょうび)のお祝(いわ)いに洋菓子(ようがし)の詰(つ)め合(あ)わせをもらいました。
I received an assortment of Western sweets as a birthday present.
駅前(えきまえ)の洋菓子(ようがし)店(てん)で、友達(ともだち)の誕生日(たんじょうび)ケーキを注文(ちゅうもん)しました。
I ordered a birthday cake for my friend at the Western sweets shop in front of the station.
日本(にほん)の洋菓子(ようがし)は見(み)た目(め)がきれいで味(あじ)もおいしいので、お土産(みやげ)として喜(よろこ)ばれます。
Japanese Western sweets are beautiful and delicious, so they are appreciated as gifts.

洋(よう) (Western) + 菓子(かし) (confectionery): cakes, cookies, chocolates, cream puffs, tarts and puddings. In daily speech people usually name the item (ケーキ, クッキー) or say スイーツ; 洋菓子(ようがし) is the category word used by shops, makers and gift catalogs.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 和菓子(わがし): Japanese sweets — made mainly with sweet bean paste (餡(あん)), rice flour and sugar, with little or no dairy, and served with green tea
  • スイーツ: sweets — a trendy catch-all for desserts, Western or Japanese

Related Words

Compare: 和菓子(わがし) (Japanese sweets)
Related: 焼(や)き菓子(がし) (baked goods)
Compare: 砂糖菓子(さとうがし) (sugar confection)
Compare: スイーツ (sweets)
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Added 2026.1.14 22:31 · Revised 2026.10.7 22:41
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