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てんさい糖 (てんさいとう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

てんさい糖とう

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Meanings

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noun

beet sugar

Sugar extracted from sugar beets. Common in health food contexts as a natural sweetener.

このクッキーはてんさい糖とうで甘あまみをつけています。
These cookies are sweetened with beet sugar.

Written forms

てんさい糖とう
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling.
甜てん菜さい糖とう
Full kanji spelling using 甜 (sweet). Less common but still seen.

Kanji

糖sugar
甜sweet
菜vegetable, side dish, greens

Similar words

砂さ糖とう
砂糖 is the general term for sugar, while てんさい糖 specifically refers to beet sugar.
甜てん菜さい
甜菜 is the sugar beet plant itself; てんさい糖 is the sugar made from it.

Etymology

Compound of 甜菜 (てんさい, 'sugar beet') and 糖 (とう, 'sugar').