練れん乳にゅう

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

condensed milk

Sweetened, thick milk product used in desserts and drinks. Often refers to sweetened condensed milk (加糖練乳).

練れん乳にゅうをかき氷ごおりにかけて食たべる。
I pour condensed milk over shaved ice and eat it.
このレシピでは練れん乳にゅうを使つかいます。
This recipe uses condensed milk.

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Kanji

練practice, gloss, train
乳milk, breasts
煉refine metals, kneading over fire

Related words

コンデンスミルク
Loanword from English 'condensed milk'; often used interchangeably with 練乳, but 練乳 is the native Japanese term.
加か糖とう練れん乳にゅう
Specifically sweetened condensed milk; 練乳 can refer to both sweetened and unsweetened varieties, but in practice often implies sweetened.

Word family

加か糖とう練れん乳にゅう
sweetened condensed milk

Written forms

練れん乳にゅうUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for condensed milk.
煉れん乳にゅうUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 煉 is an older variant of 練.
れん乳にゅう
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; sometimes used for readability or when the kanji 練 is not preferred.

Etymology

Compound of 練 (ren, 'knead, refine') and 乳 (nyū, 'milk'), literally 'refined milk'. The term describes milk that has been condensed and often sweetened.