Translation guide
A small shallow dish for holding a cup, or something shaped like one.
saucer (for a cup)
The small plate that a teacup or coffee cup sits on.
The most common and direct loanword for 'saucer', used in everyday contexts.
Please put the cup on the saucer.
Literally 'receiving dish', a more traditional Japanese term. Can also refer to a drip tray or a saucer for flowerpots.
Please put a saucer under the teapot.
A disk-shaped unidentified flying object (UFO).
The standard Japanese term for 'flying saucer', literally 'sky-flying disk'.
He claims to have seen a flying saucer.
The English abbreviation 'UFO' is widely understood and used in Japanese.
A UFO was sighted last night.