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三盆白 (さんぼんじろ, sanbonjiro) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

三さん盆ぼん白じろ

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Meanings

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traditional high-grade white sugar

archaic

Archaic term for a refined white sugar, related to 三盆 (wasanbon). Used historically; modern contexts would use 和三盆 or other terms.

See also: 三盆

三さん盆ぼん白じろは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けん

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三盆白 is the name of a sugar found in Edo-period documents.

Kanji

三three
盆basin, lantern festival, tray
白white

Related words

三さん盆ぼん
三盆 (sanbon) is a broader term for a type of fine-grained Japanese sugar, while 三盆白 specifically refers to a high-grade white variety, now archaic.
和わ三さん盆ぼん
和三盆 (wasanbon) is the modern common term for traditional Japanese fine sugar, whereas 三盆白 is an archaic name for a specific white sugar.

Built from

三さん盆ぼん+白しろ

Etymology

Compound of 三盆 (sanbon, a type of fine sugar) and 白 (shiro, white). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is now archaic.