The Japanese word for bread is
パン

pan

Japanese Definition

パン
1. n. bread, pastries, any baked good with a crust (a type of food)
2. n. Usage: * The kanji spellings 麺麭, 麺包, and 麪包 are examples of jukujikun. Use of these spellings is extremely rare in modern Japanese.
3. n. Usage: * While usually translated as 'bread', the term also covers a wide variety of baked goods that would not be called bread in English. This includes bread-like sweets like brioche, filled
4. n. a pan (flat vessel used for cooking)
5. n. a pan shot (a film shot where the camera is turned horizontally)
6. v. *パン + する*
7. v. to pan (to turn a camera horizontally)