飴

Meaning

飴 centers on sweet, sticky treats made from grains: rice jelly and candy. Both meanings share the idea of a soft, sweet confection.

• 飴あめ
  N5

  (hard) candy; toffee

• 水飴みずあめ

  mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup

• 金太郎飴きんたろうあめ

  Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced

• 飴色あめいろ

  amber; yellowish-brown

• あんず飴あんずあめ

  candy-coated fruit (usu. a plum) on a stick

• いちご飴いちごあめ

  candy-coated strawberry on a stick

• さらし飴さらしあめ

  sweet rice jelly; (whitish) rice candy

• ねじり飴ねじりあめ

  twisted candy stick

• のど飴のどあめ

  throat lozenge; cough drop

• ぶどう飴ぶどうあめ

  candy-coated grapes on a stick

• べっこう飴べっこうあめ

  hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candy

• ぼんたん飴ぼんたんあめ

  Botan Rice Candy (lemon-orange flavored soft, chewy candy with an edible wrapper); Botan Ame; Bontan Ame

• りんご飴りんごあめ

  candied apple; toffee apple

• バター飴バターあめ

  butter candy (Hokkaido specialty)

• 冷やし飴ひやしあめ

  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)

• 千歳飴ちとせあめ

  red and white candy stick sold at children's festivals

• 塩飴しおあめ

  salty candy; salty caramel

• 太白飴たいはくあめ

  white rice jelly

• 棒飴ぼうあめ

  candy stick; stick candy; candy on a stick (e.g. lollipop); cylindrical candy

• 求肥飴ぎゅうひあめ

  gyūhi-ame; soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour, somewhat similar to Turkish delight

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