noun
anmitsu; sweet bean paste with agar, fruit, and syrup
A traditional Japanese dessert consisting of sweet bean paste, agar jelly cubes, fruit, and syrup. Abbreviation of 餡蜜豆.
夏になると、冷たいあんみつが食べたくなる。
When summer comes, I crave cold anmitsu.
この甘味処のあんみつは、フルーツがたっぷり入っている。
The anmitsu at this traditional sweets shop has plenty of fruit.
みつまめ is a similar dessert of agar cubes with syrup and fruit, but without sweet bean paste.
Abbreviation of 餡蜜豆 (あんみつまめ), a compound of 餡 (あん, sweet bean paste), 蜜 (みつ, syrup), and 豆 (まめ, beans).