金きん太た郎ろう飴あめ

noun

Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame

A traditional hard stick candy with a cross-section design of folk hero Kintarō. Trademarked product; the name is often used generically for similar picture candy.

See also: 金太郎

• お土産みやげに金きん太た郎ろう飴あめを買かった。

  I bought some Kintarō candy as a souvenir.

• 金きん太た郎ろう飴あめを切きると、中なかから金きん太た郎ろうの顔かおが出でてくる。

  When you slice Kintarō candy, Kintarō's face appears inside.

noun

cookie-cutter; lacking originality; uniform

Figurative use: something or someone that is the same throughout, with no individuality or variety, like the candy's identical cross-sections.

• この会かい社しゃの新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんはみんな金きん太た郎ろう飴あめみたいだ。

  The new employees at this company are all cookie-cutter copies of each other.

• 彼かれの作さく品ひんはどれも金きん太た郎ろう飴あめで、面おも白しろみがない。

  All his works are cookie-cutter and lack interest.