お菓子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菓 子
か
Grade: S
し
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

御 (“polite prefix”) +‎ 菓子 (“sweet, pastry”)

Pronunciation

Noun

お菓子 (hiragana おかし, rōmaji okashi, historical hiragana おくわし)

  1. sweet, confection
  2. candy
  3. pastry, cake, cookie

Synonyms

References

  1. Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
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