仁じん丹たん

noun

Jintan (brand-name breath mint); refreshing candy pellet

A well-known Japanese brand of small, silver-coated breath mints often marketed with medicinal properties. The term can also refer to similar pellet-shaped refreshing candies.

• 食しょく後ごに仁じん丹たんを一ひと粒つぶなめると、口くちの中なかがさっぱりする。

  Sucking on a Jintan pellet after a meal leaves your mouth feeling refreshed.

• 祖そ母ぼはいつもハンドバッグに仁じん丹たんを入いれている。

  My grandmother always keeps Jintan in her handbag.