チョコレートchokoreeto[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- noun, foodchocolate
- 1.SynonymチョコCasualColloquial short form of 「チョコレート」, as in 「板チョコ」 or 「バレンタインのチョコ」; the everyday default in speech.
- 2.SynonymショコラNeutralFrench loanword for chocolate or chocolate desserts, mostly in shop and dessert names; in everyday speech people say 「チョコ」.
- 3.RelatedココアNeutralCocoa powder or a drink made with it; 「チョコレート」 mainly refers to solid chocolate, so the two barely overlap.
- 4.RelatedホットチョコレートNeutralThe drink, not the solid: in Japan it usually means hot chocolate made by melting chocolate; the version made from cocoa powder is normally called 「ココア」.
- 5.Relatedチョコレート飲料FormalFormal, descriptive term for a chocolate beverage, seen in product categories and on packaging labels; rare in casual conversation.
Say 「チョコレート」 for chocolate and 「チョコ」 in casual speech; 「ショコラ」 appears in dessert and shop names. For the drink, melted chocolate gives 「ホットチョコレート」, cocoa powder gives 「ココア」; 「チョコレート飲料」 is for labels.
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