砂糖
さとう
hepburn satou
sugar
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- コーヒーに砂糖を入れますか。Will you take sugar in your coffee?
- 砂糖の取りすぎは体に悪い。Eating too much sugar is bad for you.
Collocations
砂糖 (satou, sugar)砂糖控えめ (satou hikaeme, low-sugar)塩 (shio, salt)甘い (amai, sweet)黒砂糖 (kuro-zatou, brown sugar)
Mnemonic
Satou (砂糖) is 砂 (sand) + 糖 (sugar) — "sand-like granules of sugar," visually intuitive. The on-reading sa-tou is used uniformly across conversation, cooking, medicine. Diet vocab: satou hikaeme (low-sugar), mutou (sugar-free), toushitsu seigen (carb restriction). Varieties: kuro-zatou (brown sugar, an Okinawan specialty), koori-zatou (rock candy). First of the sa-shi-su-se-so seasonings — largest molecule, added first. Pronunciation: sa-tou with a long とう — without the length, "sato" overlaps with the family name 佐藤 (Satou) — kanji disambiguates.
Quick check
Why is satou first in sa-shi-su-se-so?