ミルク

• 読み: みるく
• ローマ字: miruku
• 発音: /mi.ɾɯ.kɯ/

意味

Milk. Refers to cow's milk or milk-based products, especially in Western-style contexts.

A loanword from English 'milk.' While 牛乳 (gyuunyuu) is the standard Japanese word for cow's milk, ミルク is used in café and restaurant settings for coffee cream, baby formula (粉ミルク), and flavored milk products. Common in compound words like ミルクティー (milk tea) and ミルクチョコレート (milk chocolate).

例文

1. コーヒーにミルクを入れてください。
2. 赤ちゃんにミルクをあげる時間だ。
3. ミルクティーを二つ注文した。

使い方ガイド

場面: cafés, baby care, food and drink

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Borrowed from English 'milk.' Entered Japanese during the Meiji era along with Western dairy culture. Coexists with the native term 牛乳 but is used in different contexts.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal