flavour

味、風味

食べ物や飲み物に特有の味わい。

やさしい英語で： The particular taste of a food or drink.

• This soup has a rich flavour.
• Which ice cream flavour do you want?
• The sauce has several different flavours.

使い方： flavour of something (I love the flavour of fresh strawberries.)

類義語： taste

よく使う表現： rich flavour, flavour of something, chocolate flavour

香料

食べ物や飲み物に特定の風味をつけるために加える物質。

やさしい英語で： A substance added to food or drink to give it a particular taste.

• They added a natural flavour to the drink.
• The recipe calls for a drop of vanilla flavour.
• This sweet contains no artificial flavours.

類義語： flavouring

よく使う表現： natural flavour, artificial flavour, add a flavour

趣、雰囲気

その物事ならではの雰囲気や個性を生む特徴。

やさしい英語で： A particular quality that gives something its own special character.

• The festival has a local flavour.
• Her stories capture the flavour of life by the sea.
• The music gives the film a distinctly Spanish flavour.

使い方： flavour of something (The exhibition gives visitors a flavour of village life.)

類義語： character, feel, atmosphere

よく使う表現： local flavour, flavour of something, distinctive flavour

風味をつける、味つけする

食べ物や飲み物に何かを加えて、特定の風味をつけること。

やさしい英語で： To add something to food or drink to give it a particular taste.

• Flavour the sauce with fresh herbs.
• She flavoured the cake with orange.
• A little garlic flavours the whole dish.

使い方： flavour something with something (Flavour the rice with lemon juice.)

類義語： season

よく使う表現： flavour with something, flavour the soup, flavour a dish