flavor

味、風味

食べ物や飲み物を口にしたときに感じる味。

やさしい英語で： The taste of a food or drink.

• This soup has a rich flavor.
• I love the flavor of fresh strawberries.
• A little salt brings out the flavor.

使い方： flavor of something (The flavor of the sauce is quite strong.)

類義語： taste

よく使う表現： rich flavor, flavor of something, strong flavor

香料、風味付け

食べ物に特定の味や香りを付けるために加えるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something added to food to give it a particular taste.

• The label lists an artificial flavor.
• They added a lemon flavor to the sweets.
• This drink contains natural flavors.

類義語： flavoring

よく使う表現： artificial flavor, natural flavor, add flavor

雰囲気、趣

場所や出来事などに特有の雰囲気や趣。

やさしい英語で： The special character or feeling of a place, event, or other thing.

• The market has a local flavor.
• Her stories capture the flavor of village life.
• Traditional music gave the festival a distinctive flavor.

使い方： flavor of something (The film captures the flavor of the city.)

類義語： character, feel

よく使う表現： local flavor, distinctive flavor, flavor of something

種類、バージョン

あるものの特定の種類やバージョン。

やさしい英語で： A particular type or version of something.

• Which flavor of Linux do you use?
• The software comes in several flavors.
• They chose a different flavor of the same system.

使い方： flavor of something (This flavor of the program runs on older computers.)

類義語： type, kind, version, variant

よく使う表現： flavor of something, different flavor, another flavor

味付けする、風味を付ける

食べ物や飲み物に何かを加えて、味を変えたり良くしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To add something to food or drink to change or improve its taste.

• Use herbs to flavor the soup.
• She flavored the rice with garlic.
• How do you flavor your homemade ice cream?

使い方： flavor something with something (He flavored the cake with orange juice.)

類義語： season

よく使う表現： flavor something with something, flavor a sauce, flavor a drink