Refers to a concentrated substance extracted from plants, meat, or other materials, often used in cooking, medicine, or chemistry. Abbreviation of Dutch 'extract'.
This soup has a rich chicken stock extract.
Plant extracts are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
This soap is made by extracting essence from seaweed.
This drink contains ginseng extract.
This cream is formulated with royal jelly extract.
エッセンス usually refers to a small, potent flavoring or fragrance extract (like vanilla essence), while エキス covers a wider range of concentrated substances, including thicker pastes and health supplements.
だし refers specifically to Japanese cooking stock made from kombu or bonito flakes, whereas エキス is the general term for any concentrated extract from plants, meat, or other materials.
Standard katakana spelling for this loanword; usually written in kana.
Ateji spelling; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Abbreviation of Dutch 'extract', borrowed into Japanese as エキス.