アメ
Meanings
Noun
Food
1. (hard) candy; toffee
2. rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.
3. amber; yellowish-brown
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
candied apple; toffee apple
candied apple; toffee apple
stick of candy
candy shop; candy maker
amber; yellowish-brown
mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
throat lozenge; cough drop
candy-coated fruit (usu. a plum) on a stick
cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced; inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies
hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; (lit.) tortoise-shell candy
red and white candy stick sold at children's festivals
salty candy; salty caramel
candy-coated strawberry on a stick
candy vendor (esp. an Edo-period candy vendor who sold candy while walking around playing the flute or another musical instrument); candy vender
chilled syrup; soft drink of malt syrup mixed with boiling water, ginger juice, grated ginger, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink, similar to ginger ale)
candy stick; stick candy; candy on a stick (e.g. lollipop); cylindrical candy
thick malt syrup poured into boiling water and sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink)
food boiled in sugared broth
butter candy (Hokkaido specialty)
white rice jelly
candy-coated grapes on a stick
sweet rice jelly; (whitish) rice candy
type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)
powdered mizuame; corn syrup solids; powdered corn syrup
Examples (5 in total)
I want some candy.
Tom bought some candy.
The sweets I ate were delicious!