sweet red bean soup with chestnuts
A traditional Japanese dessert: a warm sweet soup made from adzuki beans, with whole chestnuts added. Similar to ぜんざい but with chestnuts.
See also: ぜんざい
When winter comes, I start craving sweet red bean soup with chestnuts.
The chestnuts in this shop's sweet bean soup are big and delicious.
Standard spelling using kanji for 栗 and kana for ぜんざい.
Rare kanji form; it is rarely used.
Compound of 栗 (kuri, 'chestnut') and ぜんざい (zenzai, 'sweet red bean soup'). The origin of ぜんざい is uncertain, but it is a traditional Japanese sweet.