1Bread; a food made from kneaded and (usually) leavened flour dough that is baked, ranging from plain loaves to sweet pastries.
毎朝、トーストしたパンとコーヒーで朝食を済ませる。
Every morning I have toasted bread and coffee for breakfast.
駅前のパン屋で焼きたてのクロワッサンを買った。
I bought a freshly baked croissant at the bakery in front of the station.
フランスパンは皮が硬くて中はもっちりしている。
A French baguette has a hard crust and a chewy interior.
子供たちはパンにジャムをたっぷり塗って食べた。
The children spread plenty of jam on their bread and ate it.
2A figurative term for the material necessities of life (food, sustenance), often used in contrast with spiritual fulfillment, as in the phrase "man shall not live by bread alone."
「人はパンのみにて生くるものにあらず」という聖書の言葉はよく引用される。
The biblical phrase "man shall not live by bread alone" is often quoted.
彼は忙しい毎日の中で、パンだけでは満たされない何かを求めていた。
Amid his busy days, he sought something that bread alone could not satisfy.