おやつ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. between-meal snack
2. mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
Pitch accent
Top 9000
Composed of
honorific/polite/humble prefix
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
Examples (3 in total)
How about a snack?
Tom fixed us a snack.
I had a snack before I went back to work.