Translation guide
The English word 'stuffing' can refer to a savory bread-based dish served with poultry, or to the soft filling inside cushions, toys, or other items. This guide covers both meanings.
I make turkey and stuffing for Thanksgiving.
Literally 'stuffed thing'. Can refer to stuffing for food, but is more commonly used for non-food fillings. In a food context, it may need clarification.
Can be ambiguous; often refers to padding or filling in non-food contexts.
This stuffing is delicious with herbs.
Descriptive phrase: 'bread dish stuffed inside a bird'. Useful when explaining the concept to someone unfamiliar with Western cuisine.
Stuffing is a traditional American side dish.
The learner wants to refer to the material used to fill soft objects like pillows, stuffed animals, or furniture.
General term for stuffing or padding in non-food items. Commonly used for cushions, toys, and packaging.
The stuffing in this cushion has gone flat.
Specifically refers to cotton or synthetic fiber filling used in bedding, cushions, and stuffed toys.
Cotton or batting; often used as stuffing. Can be ambiguous as it also means cotton fabric.
詰め物 is the broadest term for any stuffing or padding. 中綿 specifically means the inner cotton or fiberfill of bedding or toys. 綿 can mean cotton in general, but in context it refers to the stuffing material. For food stuffing, スタッフィング is the clearest choice.
The sofa stuffing has sagged.
Please replace the filling.
ぬいぐるみの中綿が出てしまった。
The stuffing came out of the stuffed animal.
I restuffed the pillow with cotton.