sweet

/swiːt/

意味: 甘い物、愛しい人

例文: Momo stole a sweet from the jar.
　　  モモは瓶からお菓子を盗んだ。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: sweet taste(甘い味), sweet smell(甘い香り), sweet voice(甘い声)

定義: 甘い、砂糖のような味がするものや、心地よい、優しい、愛らしいと感じるものを指します。食べ物や飲み物が甘い場合や、人の性格や行動が優しい場合にも使われます。

sweetは約10,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
Noun: a dish served as the last course of a meal
Noun: a food rich in sugar
Noun: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
Noun: the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
Adjective: having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
Adjective: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
Adjective: pleasing to the ear
Adjective: pleasing to the senses
Adjective: pleasing to the mind or feeling
Adjective: having a natural fragrance
Adjective: (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
Adjective: not containing or composed of salt water
Adjective: not soured or preserved
Adjective: with sweetening added
Adverb: in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet’ is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly’); ; – Shakespeare

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

Adjective: an angelic smile
Adjective: a cherubic face
Adjective: looking so seraphic when he slept
Adjective: a sweet disposition
Adjective: the dulcet tones of the cello
Adjective: the sweet song of the lark
Adjective: the sweet face of a child
Adjective: sweet revenge
Adjective: odoriferous spices
Adjective: the odorous air of the orchard
Adjective: the perfumed air of June
Adjective: scented flowers
Adjective: sweet dessert wines
Adjective: fresh water
Adjective: sweet milk
Adverb: Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly
Adverb: how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank
Adverb: talking sweet to each other

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): Henry Sweet, Sweet, afters, angelic, angelical, cherubic, confection, dessert, dulcet, fresh, gratifying, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, seraphic, sugared, sugariness, sweet, sweet-flavored, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, sweetened, sweetly, sweetness, unfermented

Antonyms(反意語): dry, salty, sour

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): course, dainty, taste, taste property

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): ambrosia, appetizer, astringency, bitter, bitterness, choice morsel, dessert, entree, finish, flatness, gelatin, marrow, mellowness, palatability, rancidness, relish, salt, savory, sour, sourness, spiciness, sweet, sweetness, unpalatability

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): ambrosia, baked alaska, blancmange, candied apple, candy, center, charlotte, chewing gum, comfit, compote, confectionery, confiture, dumpling, flan, frozen dessert, hardbake, junket, maraschino, mold, mousse, nonpareil, pavlova, peach melba, pudding, saccharinity, sugariness, sweetmeat, syllabub, tiramisu, whip, zabaglione

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: angel, freshness, seraph, sugary, sweet, sweetness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: descriptive, emotional

Grammatical Notes:

comparative-er

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検5級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anticipation, joy, positive, surprise, trust