ミニトマト

noun

cherry tomato

Refers to small tomato varieties, typically eaten raw in salads or as a snack. The term is a wasei-eigo coinage from English 'mini' + 'tomato'.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from mini tomato

• サラダにミニトマトをたくさん入いれた。

  I put a lot of cherry tomatoes in the salad.

• このミニトマトは甘あまくておいしい。

  These cherry tomatoes are sweet and delicious.