Keyword
sweets
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1203
Readings
(78%)
(20%)
Composed of
blades of grass
fruit
Used in vocabulary (77 in total)
confections; sweets; candy; cake
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
confectionery making
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
small-time candy store
cake served with tea; teacake
cheap sweets
Western confectionery
candy; sweet; confectionary
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
confectionery production
Japanese-style confectionary store
confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop
ice cream; flavoured ice; sherbet
confectioner; confectionery; candy store
(arch.) fruit; counter for fruit
tea and cakes; refreshments
excellent sweet; confection of an established name
jelly dessert; fruit
fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste); fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies
confections; sweets; candy; cake
bean-jam cake
candy made from wheat gluten; wheat-gluten snack
Japanese-style confectionary store
Western confectionery
confectionery making
candy made from wheat gluten; wheat-gluten snack
bowl for confectioneries
small bag of snack food (cookies, potato chips, etc.)
confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized
chilled sweets; ices; ice cream
high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)
sweets; sweetmeats; confectionary; candy
traditional Kyoto-style confectionery (often used in tea ceremony)
Japanese sweet eaten with koicha
cake tray (dish)
puffed cereal
steamed confection (e.g. manjū, uirō, steamed yōkan); steamed cake
rice cracker
Japanese sweets made of bean paste
deep-fried Chinese pastry (sweetened with jiaogulan)
excellent sweet; confection of an established name
steamed confection (e.g. manjū, uirō, steamed yōkan); steamed cake
local sweets (sold as a souvenir)
refreshments (implied to be low-grade)
dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies
semiperishable sweets; half-dry confectionery
Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
sweets for offering at the Dolls' Festival
milk-based candy; sweet made with milk
candy made from wheat gluten; wheat-gluten snack
five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut)
deep-fried Chinese pastry (sweetened with jiaogulan)
cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering
cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering
ornamental gift cakes
Christmas cake
Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)
unusual candy; rare sweet
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
tablet candy; tablet-shaped sweets
card (oft. featuring illustrations of sweets) used to represent money when gambling
Examples (18 in total)
Buy me some sweets.
This candy is sweet.
Who ate my snacks?