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菓子

菓子

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

菓子 (hiragana かし, romaji kashi, historical hiragana くわし)

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

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References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Leaner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, ISBN 978-4-7674-2305-0.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

菓子 (gwaja) (hangeul 과자)

  1. Hanja form? of 과자, “confection, sweet”.