How to say "cup" in Japanese

• カップJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe loanword for a cup as a drinking vessel, a measuring cup, the cup of a brassiere, and a prize or trophy. For coffee, tea, or a trophy, this is the word you want.
  カップの取っ手とってがこわれている。↗

  The handle of the cup is broken.
• ホールCommon
  nounReally the loanword for 'hole', as in golf; its 'cup' sense is confined to that same sporting context, so it is not the word for a drinking cup, a measuring cup, or a trophy.

Use 「カップ」 for essentially every sense of 'cup' — drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize — while 「ホール」 is really the word for 'hole' and only touches 'cup' in a specialized golfing sense.

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• カップcup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
• 原発不明がんげんぱつふめいがんcancer of unknown primary
• ホールhole
• 杯はいcup