アイス

noun

ice cream

Abbreviation of アイスクリーム. Very common in casual speech and menus.

See also: アイスクリーム

• 食しょく後ごにアイスを食たべよう。

  Let's have some ice cream after the meal.

noun

ice pop; popsicle

Abbreviation of アイスキャンディー. Refers to frozen treats on a stick.

See also: アイスキャンディー

• 夏なつ祭まつりでアイスを買かった。

  I bought an ice pop at the summer festival.

noun-modifying (irregular)

iced; cold

Prenominal use meaning served with ice or chilled, as in アイスコーヒー (iced coffee) or アイスティー (iced tea).

• アイスコーヒーをください。

  I'll have an iced coffee, please.

noun

ice (drug)

Slang for methamphetamine. Strongly associated with criminal contexts.

See also: 覚醒剤

• 警けい察さつは彼かれがアイスを所しょ持じしていたと発はっ表ぴょうした。

  The police announced that he was in possession of ice.

noun

usurer; loansharking

Archaic colloquialism from the Edo period, based on a pun between 高利貸し (usurer) and 氷菓子 (frozen sweet). Not used in modern Japanese.

See also: 高利貸し · 氷菓子

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの洒落しゃれで、高こう利り貸がしをアイスと呼よぶことがあった。

  In the Edo period, as a pun, a usurer was sometimes called アイス.