フォーク

• 読み: フォーク
• ローマ字: fooku
• 発音: /ɸoː.kɯ/

意味

Fork. A utensil with prongs used for eating Western-style food.

A loanword from English 'fork,' always written in katakana. Forks are commonly used in Japan for Western food such as pasta, steak, and salad. Most Japanese restaurants that serve Western cuisine provide forks alongside or instead of chopsticks.

例文

1. パスタはフォークで食べます。
2. フォークとナイフを並べました。
3. このフォークは小さいです。

使い方ガイド

場面: meals, restaurants, kitchen

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Borrowed from English 'fork.' Became common in Japanese vocabulary as Western cuisine grew popular during the Meiji era.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji era

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal