でんぷん

• 読み: でんぷん
• ローマ字: denpun
• 漢字の分解: 澱 (den) — sediment, dregs; 粉 (pun) — powder, flour
• 発音: /deɴ.pɯɴ/

意味

Starch; a carbohydrate found in foods like potatoes, rice, and wheat.

A noun referring to the polysaccharide stored in plants as an energy reserve. Can also be written in kanji as 澱粉 or katakana as デンプン, though hiragana is most common in everyday contexts. Used in cooking (片栗粉 is potato starch), science education, and nutrition discussions. The compound でんぷん質 means 'starchy' as an adjective.

例文

1. じゃがいもにはでんぷんが多く含まれている。
2. でんぷんは体内でブドウ糖に分解される。
3. 料理にとろみをつけるためにでんぷんを使った。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, science, nutrition, education

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese 澱 (den, sediment/dregs) + 粉 (fun/pun, powder). Literally 'sediment powder,' describing how starch settles as a white powder when extracted from plant material in water.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal