ライム

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

lime (fruit)

Refers to the small green citrus fruit, Citrus aurantifolia, used in drinks and cooking.

カクテルにライムを絞しぼって入いれる。
I squeeze a lime into the cocktail.

noun

lime (mineral)

Refers to the mineral lime (calcium oxide), often used in construction or agriculture. The Japanese term 石灰 is more common for this meaning.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉にライムを搾しぼるto squeeze lime juice onto/into something
魚さかな料りょう理りにライムを搾しぼってかけた。
I squeezed lime juice over the fish dish.
〈物もの〉にライムを添そえるto garnish something with a slice/wedge of lime
カクテルにライムを添そえて出だした。
The cocktail was served garnished with a slice of lime.

Related words

石せっ灰かい sense 2
石灰 is the everyday Japanese term for the mineral lime (calcium oxide), while ライム is a loanword used mainly in technical or scientific writing for the same substance.

Don't confuse with

レモンN5sense 1
レモン (lemon) is a yellow citrus that is more sour and less bitter than ライム (lime), which is smaller, green, and used in different drinks and dishes.

Counted with

果か
Formal/botanical counter for fruits; everyday speech uses 個 or つ.
個こN5
個 is commonly used for limes in everyday conversation, though 果 is the more natural counter for fruit.

Word family

ライムライト
limelight
ライム病びょう
Lyme disease
キーライム
Key lime; acid lime
ジンライム
gin and lime; gin lime
ライムジュース
lime juice
ナーサリーライム
nursery rhyme

Etymology

Loanword from English 'lime', referring to both the fruit and the mineral.

ライム

ら

い

む

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

lime (fruit)

Refers to the small green citrus fruit, Citrus aurantifolia, used in drinks and cooking.

カクテルにライムを絞しぼって入いれる。
I squeeze a lime into the cocktail.

noun

lime (mineral)

Refers to the mineral lime (calcium oxide), often used in construction or agriculture. The Japanese term 石灰 is more common for this meaning.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉にライムを搾しぼるto squeeze lime juice onto/into something
魚さかな料りょう理りにライムを搾しぼってかけた。
I squeezed lime juice over the fish dish.
〈物もの〉にライムを添そえるto garnish something with a slice/wedge of lime
カクテルにライムを添そえて出だした。
The cocktail was served garnished with a slice of lime.

Related words

石せっ灰かい sense 2
石灰 is the everyday Japanese term for the mineral lime (calcium oxide), while ライム is a loanword used mainly in technical or scientific writing for the same substance.

Don't confuse with

レモンN5sense 1
レモン (lemon) is a yellow citrus that is more sour and less bitter than ライム (lime), which is smaller, green, and used in different drinks and dishes.

Counted with

果か
Formal/botanical counter for fruits; everyday speech uses 個 or つ.
個こN5
個 is commonly used for limes in everyday conversation, though 果 is the more natural counter for fruit.

Word family

ライムライト
limelight
ライム病びょう
Lyme disease
キーライム
Key lime; acid lime
ジンライム
gin and lime; gin lime
ライムジュース
lime juice
ナーサリーライム
nursery rhyme

Etymology

Loanword from English 'lime', referring to both the fruit and the mineral.