How to say "biscuit" in Japanese

• クッキーCommon
  nounCovers the cookie sense of 'biscuit': small, sweet baked treats of the American kind, usually softer and richer than a British biscuit. Use it for cookies generally, whether homemade or shop-bought.
  彼女かのじょは夕食ゆうしょくまで空腹くうふくをしのぐためいくらかクッキーを食たべた。↗

  She had some cookies to stay her hunger until dinner.
• ビスケットCommon
  nounCovers the British biscuit sense: a harder, plainer sweet baked treat than クッキー. It leans toward plain, crisp biscuits and is less the word for rich, soft, cookie-style treats.
  「ママ、ビスケット食たべてもいいでしょ」「だめです。間食かんしょくはいけません」↗

  "Mom, please can I have a biscuit?" "No, you can't; you shouldn't eat between meals."

For the sweet baked treat British English calls a biscuit, 「クッキー」 points to the softer, sweeter cookie type and 「ビスケット」 to a harder, plainer one; neither covers the American soft bread roll sense.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• クッキーcookie
• ビスケットcookie
• ビスキュイbiscuit