吉き備び団だん子ご

noun

Kibi dango; sweet mochi dumpling from Okayama

A famous regional sweet from Okayama Prefecture, often associated with the Momotarō folktale. Typically made with mochi flour and sometimes millet flour.

• 岡おか山やまのお土産みやげに吉き備び団だん子ごを買かった。

  I bought Kibi dango as a souvenir from Okayama.

• 桃もも太た郎ろうは吉き備び団だん子ごを持もって鬼ヶ島おにがしまへ向むかった。

  Momotarō set off for Onigashima with Kibi dango.

noun

millet dumpling

A simple dumpling made primarily from millet flour. Less common than the Okayama sweet; often written 黍団子.

• 昔むかしは黍きび団だん子ごがよく食たべられていた。

  In the past, millet dumplings were commonly eaten.