| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 飴 | あめ |
Pronunciation: ame
How to Say It Outloud: ah-meh
Usage: Commonly refers to hard candy or sweets.
Example Sentence Japanese:
子供たちは飴が大好きです。
子供たちは飴が大好きです。Example Sentence English:Children love candy.
Children love candy.| Katakana |
|---|
| キャンディー |
Pronunciation: kyandii
How to Say It Outloud: kyahn-dee
Usage: Often used to refer to Western-style candy.
Example Sentence Japanese:ハロウィンにはキャンディーをたくさんもらいました。
ハロウィンにはキャンディーをたくさんもらいました。Example Sentence English:I got a lot of candy on Halloween.
I got a lot of candy on Halloween.Dictionary
飴あめCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- (hard) candy; toffee
- rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.
- amber; yellowish-brown
- Yeot
菓子かしCommon wordjlpt-n3
Noun- confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
- Confectionery
お菓子おかしCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- confections; sweets; candy; cake
キャンデーキャンディCommon word
Noun- candy; sweets
- Candy
砂糖菓子さとうがし
Noun- candy; sweet; confectionary
飴玉あめだま
Noun- candy
糖菓とうか
NounNoun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- sweets; sweetmeats; confectionary; candy
飴ちゃんあめちゃん
Noun- (hard) candy; toffee
棒飴ぼうあめ
Noun- candy stick; stick candy; candy on a stick (e.g. lollipop); cylindrical candy
飴売りあめうり
Noun- candy vendor (esp. an Edo-period candy vendor who sold candy while walking around playing the flute or another musical instrument); candy vender
駄菓子屋だがしやCommon word
Noun- small-time candy store; penny candy store
べっこう飴べっこうあめ
Noun- hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candy
綿菓子わたがし
Noun- cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
- Cotton candy
氷砂糖こおりざとう
Noun- rock candy; sugar candy; crystallized sugar; sugar crystals
- Rock candy
飴屋あめや
Noun- candy shop; candy maker
金太郎飴きんたろうあめ
Noun- Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced
- something (or someone) lacking originality; something lacking in variety; cookie-cutter design (look, approach, etc.)
綿飴わたあめ
Noun- cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
ぼんたんあめ
Noun- Botan Rice Candy (lemon-orange flavored soft, chewy candy with an edible wrapper); Botan Ame; Bontan Ame
龍須糖りゅうのひげ
Noun- Dragon's beard candy; Chinese cotton candy; Chinese pastry, similar to Turkish pishmaniye or Persian pashmak (thin pastry threads outside, filling inside)
ぼんたん飴ぼんたんあめ
Noun- Botan Rice Candy (lemon orange flavored soft, chewy candy with an edible wrapper and includes a small Botan Ame); Botan Ame; Bontan Ame
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