糖とう蜜みつ

noun

molasses; black treacle

Refers to the thick, dark byproduct of sugar refining, used in cooking and industrial contexts.

• このパンには糖とう蜜みつが使つかわれている。

  Molasses is used in this bread.

noun

sugar syrup

A broader term for any thick, sweet syrup made from sugar, not necessarily the dark refining byproduct.

• 果物くだものを糖とう蜜みつに漬つけて保ほ存ぞんする。

  Preserve fruit by soaking it in sugar syrup.