カステラ

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Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in a work from 1625, as かすていら.[1]

From Portuguese Castela (“Castile”), an ellipsis of Bolo de Castela (literally “cake of Castile”); Compare Italian pan di Spagna (“sponge cake”, literally “bread of Spain”).[1] Compare Tagalog Pan de Kastila (“Spanish bread”).

Pronunciation

Noun

カステラ: two slices of castella cake and a beverage

カステラ • (kasutera) 

  1. castella, a type of sponge cake
  2. (slang, criminal) grilled tofu

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “カステラ”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) Paid subscription required‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN
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