ミルク

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

General term for milk, especially cow's milk, as a drink or ingredient.

朝ちょう食しょくにミルクを飲のみます。
I drink milk with breakfast.

2

infant formula; baby formula

Specifically powdered or liquid formula for babies. Often used in compounds like 粉ミルク.

See also: 粉ミルク

赤あかちゃんにミルクをあげる時じ間かんです。
It's time to feed the baby formula.

3

abbreviation

Abbreviation of コンデンスミルク. Used in casual contexts or recipes.

See also: コンデンスミルク

ミルクをたっぷりかけたかき氷ごおりが好すきです。
I like shaved ice with lots of condensed milk on top.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉にミルクを入いれるto add milk to something (coffee, tea, etc.)
コーヒーにミルクを入いれて飲のみます。
I add milk to my coffee and drink it.
〈人ひと〉にミルクをあげるto give (a baby) milk/formula
赤あかちゃんに三さん時じ間かんおきにミルクをあげます。
I give the baby formula every three hours.
ミルクを温あたためるto warm up (baby's) milk
夜よ中なかに泣ないたので、ミルクを温あたためてあげた。
Since she cried in the middle of the night, I warmed up her formula.

Related words

牛ぎゅう乳にゅうN5sense 1
牛乳 specifically means cow's milk and is the everyday word for drinking milk, while ミルク is a broader loanword that can also mean baby formula or condensed milk.
粉こなミルク
ミルク usually means liquid milk ready to drink, while 粉ミルク is the dried powdered form that must be mixed with water.
乳ちちN1
ミルク is a loanword typically used for drinking milk or baby formula, while 乳 is the native term covering milk in a broader biological sense.

Don't confuse with

シルク
シルク (silk) and ミルク (milk) sound very similar to learners but refer to completely unrelated things.
母ぼ乳にゅう
母乳 specifically means breast milk, while ミルク is a broader word that can refer to either breast milk or formula.

Word family· 30

粉こなミルク
milk powder; powdered milk · baby formula; infant formula
コンデンスミルク
condensed milk
スキムミルク
skim milk; skimmed milk · powdered skim milk; skimmed milk powder
カルーアミルク
Kahlúa milk; Kahlúa and milk cocktail
ミルクティー
milk tea; tea with milk

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ミルク色いろ
milk-white; milky
ミルクヘビ
milk snake
米こめミルク
rice milk
いちごミルク
strawberry milk; strawberry-flavored milk · strawberries with milk
ミルクパン
milk pan
人じん工こうミルク
baby formula; infant formula · bottle-feeding
ヤギミルク
goat's milk; goat milk
アイスミルク
ice milk; low-fat ice cream · iced milk; cold milk
オーツミルク
oat milk
ドライミルク
dry milk; powdered milk

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Etymology

Loanword from English 'milk'.