索さく餅べい

noun

sakubei; twisted Tanabata confection

Historical term for a twisted sweet eaten during the Tanabata festival; now largely obsolete and known mainly from historical records.

• 索さく餅べいは、七夕たなばたに食たべられた古こ代だいの菓か子しである。

  Sakubei is an ancient confection that was eaten during Tanabata.

• 文ぶん献けんによると、索さく餅べいは縄なわのようにねじった形かたちをしていた。

  According to documents, sakubei was twisted into a rope-like shape.