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pancake (esp. American/Western style)
A round, flat cake cooked on a griddle, typically eaten for breakfast or as a dessert with butter, syrup, fruit, or whipped cream. Distinguished in Japanese usage from ホットケーキ, which is the older term and tends to refer to a thicker, simpler version.
From English 'pancake'. Once interchangeable with ホットケーキ, the word came into wider use in Japan in the 2010s with the spread of café-style fluffy and souffle-style pancakes.
Common collocations
- パンケーキを焼く: to cook pancakes
- ふわふわのパンケーキ: fluffy pancakes
- パンケーキミックス: pancake mix
- メープルシロップをかける: to pour on maple syrup
Similar words
- ホットケーキ: hotcake — the older, more home-cooking term; tends to mean a thicker, plainer cake
- どら焼き: dorayaki — a Japanese sweet of two small pancakes filled with sweet bean paste
- クレープ: crepe — much thinner, French-style
Related Words
Compare:
どら焼き (dorayaki)