スープ

スープ · suupu · JLPT N3 · noun

soup

スープ — soup

🍲 suupu = English soup with a long uu and an extra u on the end

A loanword from English soup, written in katakana. Japanese syllables cannot end in p, so a u is added: suu-pu. It means Western-style soups; Japanese soups like miso soup use 汁 (shiru) instead.

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