バニラアイス

A compound loanword: バニラ (vanilla) + アイス (ice cream). アイス alone commonly means ice cream in Japanese, short for アイスクリーム.

In Japanese restaurants, a small serving of バニラアイス is one of the most common dessert options, often appearing as a simple, affordable dessert course. At convenience stores, vanilla is consistently the top-selling ice cream flavor.

Common collocations

• バニラアイスクリーム: vanilla ice cream (full form)
• バニラアイスを添(そ)える: to serve with vanilla ice cream
• 濃厚(のうこう)バニラアイス: rich vanilla ice cream
• バニラアイス最中(もなか): vanilla ice cream in a wafer shell

Related words

• アイスクリーム: ice cream — the general term
• ソフトクリーム: soft serve — soft-serve ice cream (wasei-eigo)
• ジェラート: gelato — Italian-style ice cream
• かき氷(ごおり): shaved ice — a different frozen dessert