Translation guide
How to express 'filling' in Japanese, covering food that satisfies hunger, dental fillings, and the act of filling something.
Describing food that makes you feel full and satisfied.
Literally 'stomach-holding is good', this is the most natural way to say food is filling or sticks with you.
このパンは腹持ちがいい。
This bread is filling.
Means 'has eating satisfaction', implying the food is substantial and filling.
このサラダは食べごたえがある。
This salad is filling.
Literally 'has a feeling of fullness', a more formal or descriptive way to say filling.
このスープは満腹感がある。
This soup is filling.
The material used to fill a cavity in a tooth.
General term for a dental filling or inlay.
詰め物が取れた。
My filling came out.
Loanword from English 'inlay', used specifically for a type of dental filling made outside the mouth and cemented in.
銀のインレーを入れてもらった。
I got a silver filling put in.
The action of making something full, such as filling a container or a form.
Formal term for filling, charging, or loading, used in technical contexts like filling a gas cylinder or a cavity.
ガスボンベの充填には注意が必要だ。
Care is needed when filling gas cylinders.
Specifically for filling in a form or writing in information.
Verb meaning to stuff, pack, or fill tightly. Used for filling a bag, a gap, or a tooth.
Verb meaning to fill (a container, a need, a condition). More abstract than 詰める.
The mixture put inside pies, sandwiches, dumplings, etc.
General term for filling or ingredients inside something like onigiri, gyoza, or sandwiches.
この餃子は具がたっぷり入っている。
These gyoza have a lot of filling.
Loanword from English, often used for Western-style fillings like pie fillings or cream fillings.
Literally 'contents', can be used for filling in a general sense.
Both describe filling food, but 腹持ちがいい focuses on how long the food keeps you full, while 食べごたえがある emphasizes the satisfying texture or volume while eating.
フィリング is only for food fillings. For dental fillings, use 詰め物 or インレー.
Please fill in the required information.
I filled the bag with clothes.
Fill the glass with water.
アップルパイのフィリングを作る。
Make the apple pie filling.
The filling of the rice ball is salmon.