🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

砂糖

Pronunciation / Transliteration: satō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sugar/ˈʃʊɡər/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"コーヒーに砂糖を入れますか?"

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As noun
  1. 1

    A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugarcane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as an ingredient in food and drink.

    "She added two spoons of sugar to her coffee."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Middle English: from Old French sucre, via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar, ultimately from Sanskrit sarkarā 'ground or candied sugar'.

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