パン

パン · pan · JLPT N5 · noun

bread

パン — bread

🍞 From Portuguese pão: the same root as Spanish pan and French pain

Portuguese traders brought bread to Japan in the 1500s, and the word came with it. It is written in katakana because it is a loanword. If you know Spanish pan, you already know this word.

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