パン
pan[pã̠ɴ]
In Japanese, bread is パン.
The word refers to baked dough made from cereals. You may also encounter specific types of bread, such as メロンパン, which is a type of sweet bread covered with a thin layer of cookie dough, resembling a melon's appearance.
Meaning: baked dough made from cereals (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word パン comes from the Portuguese word 'pão', meaning bread.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is pan.
Did you know?
- Japanese culture has a unique category of 'bread' called あんぱん 'anpan', which is a roll filled with sweet red bean paste.
- The term 食パン, or 'shokupan', refers specifically to the soft, white, square-shaped loaves that are a staple of Japanese breakfast culture.
- The Japanese script uses Katakana, パン, for this word because it is a foreign loanword, distinguishing it from native Japanese nouns.
Examples in context
- パン買ったよ。I bought some bread.This sentence is useful for saying you bought some パン.Tatoeba #8933576 by small_snow, translation #5264264 by CK
- パンを買いにいく。I'll go buy some bread.This sentence is useful for saying you will go buy some パン.Tatoeba #1510008 by e4zh1nmcz, translation #1510047 by Shadd
- パンは食べません。I don't eat bread.This sentence is useful for saying you do not eat パン.Tatoeba #3875295 by small_snow, translation #3826038 by CK
- 朝食にパンを食べます。I eat bread for breakfast.
- 225 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Kenta and Himari are in a bakery.
- 健太 Kentaこのパンはすごくおいしそうだね。Kono pan wa sugoku oishisou dane.This bread looks very delicious.
- 陽葵 Himari本当。焼きたてのパンは最高だよ。Hontou. Yaki tate no pan wa saikou dayo.True. Freshly baked bread is the best.
- 健太 Kenta陽葵さんは、どのパンが好き？Himari-san wa, dono pan ga suki?Himari, which bread do you like?
- 陽葵 Himari私は、クロワッサンが一番好き。Watashi wa, kurowassan ga ichiban suki.I like croissants the most.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “bread” translations and entries パン, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
