アイス (Aisu) is a Japanese noun meaning “ice, ice cream, ice pop, ice lolly”.

Meanings

  1. nounice
  2. nounice cream
  3. nounice pop; ice lolly; popsicle
  4. prenominalcold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee)
  5. nounice (stimulant drug)
  6. nounusurer; usury; loansharkingEdo-period pun on 高利貸し being homophonous to 氷菓子

Examples

  • The area around the melting ice cream was crawling with ants.

  • "Your order?" "Orange juice." "With ice?" "Yes." "Thanks for your business."

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).