- hachimitsu honey
A common everyday noun for the sweet substance; neutral register, seen on labels and in cooking talk, unlike the more literary 蜜.
朝はパンに蜂蜜を塗って食べます。
Asa wa pan ni hachimitsu o nutte tabemasu.
In the morning I spread honey on bread and eat it.
この蜂蜜は地元の養蜂家から買いました。
Kono hachimitsu wa jimoto no yōhōka kara kaimashita.
I bought this honey from a local beekeeper.
⚖️ Often confused with 蜜 (mitsu), which is the general word for nectar or syrup and appears in compounds, while 蜂蜜 specifically means bee honey.
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