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tablespoon; large spoon used as a cooking measure
A unit of measurement in cooking equivalent to 15 milliliters. Also refers to the physical measuring spoon itself.
醤油大さじ一杯。
One tablespoon of soy sauce.
砂糖を大さじ二杯加えてください。
Please add two tablespoons of sugar.
このレシピでは大さじ三杯の味噌を使います。
This recipe uses three tablespoons of miso.
A standard cooking measurement in Japan equal to 15 mL. The term is composed of 大 (big) + さじ (spoon), contrasting with 小さじ (teaspoon, 5 mL). Japanese recipes almost always specify amounts using 大さじ and 小さじ rather than grams for liquid seasonings.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 大さじ一杯: one tablespoon
- 大さじ半分: half a tablespoon
- 大さじ山盛り: a heaping tablespoon
- 計量スプーン: measuring spoon
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 小さじ: teaspoon — 5 mL, one-third of a tablespoon
- カップ: cup — 200 mL in Japanese cooking (not 240 mL as in the US)