General term for sauce, especially Western-style sauces. In Japanese cooking, it often refers to thick brown sauces like tonkatsu sauce or Worcestershire-style sauce.
I put sauce on the tonkatsu.
This sauce is a little spicy.
Worcestershire sauce
Specifically refers to Worcestershire sauce, often used in Japanese dishes like okonomiyaki and yakisoba. The full name ウスターソース is also common.
See also: ウスターソース
Sauce is essential for okonomiyaki.
I poured plenty of sauce over the pork cutlet.
I dip the vegetables in sauce before eating them.
I seasoned the fried noodles with sauce.
soy sauce