粉（こな、kona）
- powder

The Japanese word 粉粉 (pronounced kona) primarily means "powder" or "flour." It refers to a substance that has been ground into fine particles. This can be anything from flour used in baking to cosmetic powders. It can also describe other types of granular substances.

⚫︎小麦粉 Translation: Wheat flour ⚫︎石鹸の粉 Translation: Soap powder ⚫︎化粧粉 Translation: Face powder

粉粉 is a versatile word used to describe a wide variety of powdered substances. It is commonly used in everyday conversation, especially when discussing cooking, cleaning, or cosmetics. You can use it to describe the form of a substance, emphasizing its finely divided state.

⚫︎The word is typically written with the kanji 粉. ⚫︎The reading is こな in hiragana. ⚫︎There are no variations in okurigana for this word.

⚫︎パウダー (pawaa) - loanword from English, meaning powder, often used in cosmetics. ⚫︎粒子 (ryuushi) - particle; can be used more broadly, but implies something very small. ⚫︎微粉 (bifun) - fine粉, subtle powder.

⚫︎塊 (かたまり - katamari) - lump, mass. ⚫︎液体 (ekitai) - liquid. ⚫︎固体 (kotai) - solid.

このケーキは小麦粉で作られています。 ・Translation: This cake is made from wheat flour. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 粉粉 to specify the ingredient used in the cake.

洗剤の粉が手に付きました。 ・Translation: The detergent powder got on my hands. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the detergent in powdered form.

The kanji 粉 originally depicts the idea of fine particles or dust. Its etymology is related to the process of grinding or pulverizing something into smaller pieces. The character is composed of a radical relating to rice and the phonetic indicating the sound.