御お饅まん

noun

manjū (polite/childish/archaic)

Polite, feminine, or childish term for まんじゅう (manjū, a steamed bun with filling). Archaic in modern Japanese; now mostly replaced by まんじゅう or おまんじゅう.

See also: 饅頭

• 昔むかしの女にょう房ぼう言こと葉ばでは、まんじゅうのことを「おまん」と言いったそうです。

  In old court ladies' language, manjū was called 'oman', I hear.