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お菓子 (おかし, okashi) Japanese meaning: sweets | Kotomora
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You'll gain weight if you eat too many sweets.
I gave my friend some homemade sweets.
Usage patterns お 菓か 子し を 作つく る to make sweets/candy
On my day off, I made sweets with my kid.
お 菓か 子し を 配くば る to hand out sweets
On Halloween, I hand out sweets to the neighborhood kids.
〈 人ひと 〉 にお 菓か 子し をあげる to give someone sweets
Grandma gave her grandchild some sweets.
お 菓か 子し の 袋ふくろ を 開あ ける to open a bag of sweets
As soon as I opened the bag of sweets, I ended up eating half of it.
Kanji 子 child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM Related words おやつ refers to a snack eaten at a set time (often afternoon), which may or may not be sweet, while お菓子 specifically means sweets or confectionery.
スイーツ is a trendy loanword for Western-style desserts and sweets, while お菓子 is the broader, more traditional term covering all kinds of sweets and snacks.
お菓子 is the general, polite word for any snack or sweet, while 駄菓子 specifically means cheap, nostalgic candies sold in small shops or at festivals.
お菓子 is a broad term covering all kinds of snacks and sweets, including baked goods and rice crackers, whereas キャンディ refers specifically to candy.
Counted with Counts boxfuls (一箱 = one box).
The all-purpose counter for small discrete objects, used when no more specific counter applies.
Counts wrapped parcels (一包み).
Counts bagfuls or sackfuls.
Etymology Honorific prefix お + 菓子 (かし, 'sweets, confectionery'). The base word 菓子 is of Chinese origin.
