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lathering; foaming; bubbling up
The act or quality of producing foam or bubbles, as with soap, shampoo, beer, or whipped ingredients. Often used to describe how well a product foams up.
この石鹸は泡立ちがいい。
This soap lathers well.
シャンプーの泡立ちが悪いと洗いにくい。
When the shampoo doesn't lather well, it's hard to wash with.
卵白の泡立ちが足りないとケーキがふくらまない。
If the egg whites don't foam up enough, the cake won't rise.
Noun form of the verb 泡立つ (to foam, to lather). Most often appears in product reviews and cooking contexts to describe how readily something produces foam.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 泡立ちがいい: lathers well; foams nicely
- 泡立ちが悪い: doesn't lather well
- 泡立ちが足りない: not enough foam
- きめ細かい泡立ち: fine-textured foam
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 泡: foam, bubble — the foam itself, not the act of producing it
- 泡立て器: whisk — tool for whipping (related verb form)