グルテンフリー
guruten furii
The Japanese phrase for "no gluten" is グルテンフリー (guruten furii).
グルテンフリー is used to describe food that does not contain gluten. If you want to specifically say "gluten-free food", you can add the particle の and the word 食品 (food) after the phrase to get グルテンフリーの食品. Note that komugi is the Japanese word for wheat.
How do you pronounce it?
guruten furii
Did you know?
- The word フリー (furii) in グルテンフリー is a loanword from English 'free', but in other contexts, Japanese uses 無料 (muryou) to mean 'free of charge'.
- Japanese restaurants may use the phrase アレルギー対応 (arerugi taiou), meaning 'allergy correspondence', to indicate that they can provide グルテンフリー meals.
- The Katakana phrase グルテンフリー is frequently used as a marketing buzzword in Japan. It often signals 'healthiness' or 'dieting' to consumers, sometimes even when the product's main selling point is not actually the absence of gluten.
Examples in context
- グルテンフリーのメニューはありますか？Guruten furi no menyu wa arimasu ka?Do you have a gluten-free menu?
- グルテンフリーの生活にしています。Guruten furi no seikatsu ni shite imasu.I am living a gluten-free life.
Example conversation
Kenta and Yui are looking at a dessert menu at a cafe.
- 健太 Kentaこのケーキ、おいしそうだね。Kono kēki, oishisō da ne.This cake looks delicious, doesn't it?
- 結衣 Yuiでも、私はグルテンフリーじゃないとダメなの。Demo, watashi wa gurutenfurī janai to dame nano.But I need it to be gluten-free.
- 健太 Kentaあ、こっちにグルテンフリーのケーキがあるよ。A, kocchi ni gurutenfurī no kēki ga aru yo.Oh, there is a gluten-free cake over here.
- 結衣 Yui本当だ！それにしようかな。Hontō da! Sore ni shiyō kana.You're right! I think I'll have that one.
