sweet

甘い

砂糖のような味がする。

やさしい英語で： Having a taste like sugar.

• These grapes are sweet.
• The cake was too sweet for me.
• Do you prefer sweet or sour apples?

類義語： sugary

反対語： bitter, sour

よく使う表現： sweet taste, sweet fruit, sweet tea, too sweet

優しい、かわいい

親切で感じがよい、またはかわいらしく好感が持てる。

やさしい英語で： Kind, pleasant, or easy to like.

• Your little sister is sweet.
• That was a sweet thing to say.
• It was sweet of him to help us.

使い方： it is sweet of someone to do something (It was sweet of you to bring me flowers.)

類義語： kind, nice, lovely

反対語： unkind, mean

よく使う表現： sweet child, sweet smile, sweet of someone, sweet little something

芳しい、甘い香りの

花や果物のような心地よい香りがする。

やさしい英語で： Having a pleasant smell, often like flowers or fruit.

• The flowers have a sweet smell.
• A sweet scent filled the garden.
• She loved the sweet perfume of the roses.

類義語： fragrant

反対語： foul

よく使う表現： sweet smell, sweet scent, sweet perfume, sweet fragrance

無塩の、塩気のない

塩を加えていない、または塩辛い味がしない。

やさしい英語で： Having no added salt or salty taste.

• Use sweet butter for this cake.
• She spread sweet butter on the bread.
• The recipe calls for sweet rather than salted butter.

類義語： unsalted

反対語： salty, salted

よく使う表現： sweet butter, fresh sweet butter, sweet cream butter

やった、最高

何かをうれしく思ったときに言う言葉。

やさしい英語で： Used to show that you are pleased about something.

• “We got free tickets.” “Sweet!”
• “The game is on sale.” “Oh, sweet!”
• “You can borrow my bike.” “Sweet, thanks!”

類義語： great, awesome, brilliant

よく使う表現： oh sweet, sweet thanks

飴、キャンディー

砂糖で作られた、楽しみに食べる小さなお菓子。

やさしい英語で： A small piece of food made with sugar, often eaten as a treat.

• Would you like a sweet?
• She bought a bag of sweets.
• The children shared their sweets after lunch.

類義語： candy, confection

よく使う表現： a sweet, boiled sweet, sweet shop, eat a sweet

デザート

食事の最後に食べる、ふつう甘い料理。

やさしい英語で： A dish, usually sugary, eaten at the end of a meal.

• We had apple pie for our sweet.
• Would you like to order a sweet?
• The waiter brought the sweet menu after dinner.

類義語： dessert, pudding

よく使う表現： sweet menu, sweet course, sweet trolley, a sweet