グラス

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

drinking glass; glass

A vessel for drinking, especially one made of glass; common in compounds such as ワイングラス as well as standalone グラス.

glass material

Refers to glass as a material, but ガラス is the usual everyday word. グラス is often seen in compounds or product terms such as グラスファイバー.

〈物もの〉をグラスに注そそぐto pour something into a glass
彼かれはワインをグラスに注そそいだ。
He poured wine into the glass.
グラスを傾かたむけるto raise/tip a glass (to drink)
二人ふたりはグラスを傾かたむけながら語かたり合あった。
The two of them chatted while sipping from their glasses.
グラスを合あわせるto clink glasses (in a toast)
みんなでグラスを合あわせて乾かん杯ぱいした。
Everyone clinked their glasses together for a toast.
グラスに氷こおりを入いれるto put ice in a glass
バーテンダーはグラスに氷こおりを入いれてウイスキーを注そそいだ。
The bartender put ice in the glass and poured the whiskey.

コップ sense 1
コップ is a general word for a cup or tumbler of any material, whereas グラス specifically implies a glass drinking vessel, often a stemmed or elegant one.
眼鏡めがねN5sense 3
眼鏡 is the normal standalone word for eyeglasses, while グラス in this sense appears mainly inside compounds like サングラス rather than alone.
コップN5
グラス is a general word for a drinking glass and is often used for wine or beer glasses, while コップ typically refers to a plain everyday tumbler for water or juice.
ジョッキ
グラス is a general word for a drinking glass, often stemmed or handle-less, while ジョッキ specifically means a large handled beer mug.
杯さかずきN1
グラス is typically a glass for wine or cocktails, unlike 杯 (さかずき), which is the traditional small cup used for sake.

ガラスN4sense 2
ガラス is the everyday word for glass as a material, while グラス usually means a drinking glass and only refers to the material in compounds like グラスファイバー.

個こN5
For a drinking glass (グラス), 「個」is the safest general counter, though everyday speech often uses 「一つ」or a shape-specific counter instead.

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Katakana spelling indicates a foreign loanword, but no language of origin or detailed derivation is specified.