食(しょく)パン

しょくぱん
noun
sliced bread; white bread loaf
food
1. sliced bread; white bread loaf
A soft, rectangular loaf of white bread sold in thick slices, typically 4-, 5-, 6-, or 8-slice cuts. A staple breakfast food in Japan.
食(しょく)パンを一斤(いっきん)買(か)った。
I bought one loaf of bread.
朝(あさ)は食(しょく)パンにバターを塗(ぬ)って食(た)べる。
In the morning I eat sliced bread with butter on it.
この店(みせ)の食(しょく)パンは耳(みみ)までやわらかくて人気(にんき)がある。
This shop's bread is popular because it's soft all the way to the crust.

Short for 主食(しゅしょく)パン (staple bread). Refers specifically to the rectangular white loaf sold at bakeries and supermarkets, as distinct from other bread types like フランスパン (baguette) or 菓子(かし)パン (sweet bread).

Common collocations

  • 食(しょく)パンを焼(や)く (toast bread)
  • 食(しょく)パンの耳(みみ) (bread crust — literally "ears")
  • 六枚切(ろくまいぎ)りの食(しょく)パン (bread sliced into six)

In Japan, 食(しょく)パン is typically sold in thicker slices than Western bread. The most popular thickness is 六枚切(ろくまいぎ)り (6 slices per loaf), though 四枚切(よんまいぎ)り (4 slices, thick) is common in the Kansai region.

Related Words

Related: トースト (toast)
Compare: 米粉(こめこ)パン (rice flour bread)
Related: フランスパン (baguette)
Related: 厚切(あつぎ)り (thick slices)
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