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powdered milk; milk powder
Milk that has been dried into a powder form for preservation. Includes various types such as whole milk powder, skim milk powder, and infant formula.
粉乳をお湯で溶かす。
Dissolve the powdered milk in hot water.
脱脂粉乳は保存がきく。
Skim milk powder keeps well.
戦後、学校給食では脱脂粉乳が出されていた。
After the war, skim milk powder was served in school lunches.
Composed of 粉 (powder) and 乳 (milk). The on'yomi compound is the standard technical and commercial term.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 脱脂粉乳: skim milk powder
- 全脂粉乳: whole milk powder
- 調製粉乳: modified/prepared milk powder (infant formula)
- 粉乳を溶かす: to dissolve powdered milk
CULTURAL NOTE:
脱脂粉乳 is strongly associated with the postwar school lunch program in Japan, when powdered skim milk provided by the United States was served to students. Many older Japanese have vivid (often unpleasant) memories of its taste.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 粉ミルク: powdered milk — the everyday term, especially for infant formula
- ミルク: milk — the general loanword
- 牛乳: cow's milk — fresh liquid milk
- 練乳: condensed milk — a different preserved milk product (sweetened and concentrated)