kinako; roasted soybean flour
A light brown flour made by roasting and grinding soybeans. Used in Japanese sweets and as a topping.
I like eating mochi coated with kinako.
Kinako is made from soybeans.
green soybean flour; roasted green soybean powder
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling.
Kana spelling; usually written in kana.
Full kanji spelling; less common than きな粉.
Mixed spelling with 黄 and な; seen but less frequent.
Developed from 黄なる粉, literally “yellow flour,” through contraction and sound change.