English

Alternative forms

• youkan

Noun

yokan ‎(uncountable)

1. A thick jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar, usually sold in block form and eaten in slices.
   • 2008, Gail Tsukiyama, The Samurai's Garden (page 61)

     “Homemade yokan. You must be quite special to this girl,” he teased. “She's just one of many,” I laughed. Matsu picked up one of the rectangular red bean cakes and put it entirely into his mouth.