揚あげ物もの

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Meanings

noun

deep-fried food

food / cooking

Refers to foods that are deep-fried, such as tempura, karaage, or tonkatsu. A common everyday term in cooking and dining contexts.

揚あげ物ものはカロリーが高たかいので、食たべ過すぎに注ちゅう意いしている。
Deep-fried food is high in calories, so I'm careful not to eat too much.
今こん夜やの夕ゆう食しょくは揚あげ物ものにしよう。
Let's have deep-fried food for dinner tonight.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の揚あげ物ものをするto make/fry deep-fried food
今日きょうの夕ゆう食しょくは野や菜さいの揚あげ物ものをすることにした。
I decided to make deep-fried vegetables for dinner tonight.
揚あげ物ものを控ひかえるto cut back on fried food (for health reasons)
健けん康こうのために揚あげ物ものを控ひかえるようにしている。
I try to cut back on fried food for my health.
揚あげ物ものの油あぶらoil used for deep-frying
揚あげ物ものの油あぶらは使つかい終おわったら早はやめに処しょ理りしたほうがいい。
It's best to dispose of frying oil promptly after use.

Kanji

揚raise, elevate, hoist
物thing, object, matter

Related words

揚あげ
揚げ物 is the general term for deep-fried food as a category, while 揚げ mainly appears as a suffix or shorthand in specific dish names like から揚げ.

Don't confuse with

天てんぷらN5
天ぷら is a specific style of deep-fried food coated in a light batter, while 揚げ物 is the general category covering all deep-fried dishes.
唐から揚あげ
唐揚げ is specifically Japanese-style fried chicken (or other meat) marinated and fried without heavy batter, whereas 揚げ物 refers broadly to any deep-fried food.
フライ
フライ denotes Western-style breaded deep-fried food like エビフライ, a specific subset of the broader term 揚げ物.

Word family

揚あげ物もの鍋なべ
deep-frying pot; agemono nabe

Built from

揚あげる+物もの

Written forms

揚あげ物ものUsage74%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
揚あげものUsage25%
search-only kanji form
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes used for readability or in informal contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 揚げ (age, 'frying', the continuative form of 揚げる ageru 'to deep-fry') + 物 (mono, 'thing'). Literally 'fried thing'.