菓子

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Japanese

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

Alternative forms

お菓子(かし) (okashi), 御菓子(おかし) (okashi)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かし (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

菓(か)子(し) • (kashi) ^{←くわし (kwasi)^?}

Derived terms

Derived terms

氷(こおり)菓(が)子(し) (kōrigashi): candy made from ingredients such as dairy, juice, egg, and sugar water (e.g. ice pop, sherbert, etc and in a wider sense, including ice cream)
上(じょう)菓(が)子(し) (jōgashi)
駄菓子(だがし) (dagashi)
茶(ちゃ)菓(が)子(し) (chagashi)
生(なま)菓(が)子(し) (namagashi)
練(ね)り菓子(がし) (nerigashi)
干菓子(ひがし) (higashi), 乾菓子(ひがし) (higashi)
引(ひ)き菓子(がし) (hikigashi)
水(みず)菓(が)子(し) (mizugashi)
蒸(む)し菓子(がし) (mushigashi)
盛(も)り菓子(がし) (morigashi)
洋(よう)菓(が)子(し) (yōgashi)
和菓子(わがし) (wagashi)
綿(わた)菓(が)子(し) (watagashi)
菓子(かし)パン (kashipan)
菓子屋(かしや) (kashiya)
菓子器(かしき) (kashiki)
菓(か)子(し)皿(ざら) (kashizara)
菓子折(かしお)り (kashiori)
菓(か)子(し)鉢(ばち) (kashibachi)
菓(か)子(し)盆(ぼん) (kashibon)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
菓	子

Noun

菓子 • (gwaja) (hangeul 과자)

hanja form^? of 과자 (“confection, sweet”)

Okinawan

Etymology

Kanji in this term
菓	子
くゎー Grade: S	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
菓	子
くゎ Grade: S	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʷaːɕi/
IPA^(key): /kʷaɕi/

Noun

菓(くゎー)子(し) or 菓(くゎ)子(し) (kwāshi or kwashi)

Derived terms

う菓子

References

“クヮーシ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).^{(permanent dead link)}
“クヮシ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).^{(permanent dead link)}
“クヮーシ（くゎーし）” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.

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