チョコレートchokoreeto[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, foodchocolate
    私のお気に入きにいりの味あじはチョコレートです。↗
    My favorite flavor is chocolate.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. カカオを原料げんりょうとする菓子かし又または菓子かしの原料げんりょう。ショコラ。口語こうごでは頻繁ひんぱんにチョコと略りゃくす。
  2. 飲料いんりょうホットチョコレートの旧称きゅうしょう。現在げんざいの日本にほんでは一般的いっぱんてきにココアと称しょうされている。
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