パンケーキ

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Meanings

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noun

pancake

A flat, round cake made from batter and fried on a griddle or in a pan. In Japan, pancakes can be thick and fluffy (hotcake style) or thin like crêpes, depending on context.

朝あさごはんにパンケーキを焼やいた。

I made pancakes for breakfast.

このカフェのパンケーキはふわふわで有ゆう名めいだ。

This café's pancakes are famous for being fluffy.

Usage patterns

パンケーキを焼やくto cook/make pancakes
朝ちょう食しょくにパンケーキを焼やいた。
I made pancakes for breakfast.
パンケーキに〈物もの〉をかけるto pour/drizzle something over pancakes
パンケーキにメープルシロップをかけた。
I poured maple syrup over the pancakes.
パンケーキを重かさねるto stack pancakes
パンケーキを三さん枚まい重かさねてお皿さらに盛もった。
I stacked three pancakes on the plate.

Related words

ホットケーキ
ホットケーキ usually means the thick, fluffy Japanese-style pancake, while パンケーキ is a broader term that can also refer to thin, Western-style crêpe-like pancakes.
クレープ
クレープ is a thin, delicate French-style pancake often rolled around fillings, while パンケーキ is thicker and fluffier, closer to an American-style pancake.

Don't confuse with

ワッフル
ワッフル has a grid pattern from a special iron, while パンケーキ (pancake) is cooked flat on a griddle.

Counted with

枚まいN3
Used because pancakes are thin, flat items.
皿さらN4
Used to count servings of pancakes on a plate, e.g. 「パンケーキ一皿」.

Word family

スフレパンケーキ
soufflé pancake; fluffy pancake
パンケーキレンズ
pancake lens
パンケーキシンドローム
pancake syndrome; oral mite anaphylaxis

Built from

パン+ケーキ

Etymology

Loanword from English 'pancake'.