金きん時とき

noun, noun, used as a prefix, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

red; red-colored

Used as a noun, prefix, or no-adjective to describe something red, often in names of foods or objects associated with the folk hero Kintarō (金太郎), who was depicted with red skin.

See also: 金太郎 · 金太郎

• 金きん時とき人にん参じんは鮮あざやかな赤あか色いろが特とく徴ちょうだ。

  Kintoki carrots are characterized by their vivid red color.

• このお菓か子しは金きん時ときの色いろをしている。

  This sweet has a red color like Kintoki.

noun

red kidney bean

Abbreviation of 金時豆 (kintoki-mame). Refers specifically to red kidney beans.

See also: 金時豆

• 金きん時ときを煮にて甘あま納なっ豆とうを作つくる。

  I boil red kidney beans to make sweet beans.

noun

sweet potato (red-skinned cultivar)

Abbreviation of 金時芋 (kintoki-imo). Refers to various sweet potato cultivars with red skin, such as 鳴門金時.

See also: 金時芋

• 焼やき芋いもには金きん時ときが一いち番ばんだ。

  For roasted sweet potatoes, Kintoki is the best.

noun

shaved ice with sweet adzuki beans

A dessert consisting of shaved ice topped with boiled adzuki beans, often associated with the red color of Kintarō.

• 夏なつ祭まつりで金きん時ときを食たべた。

  I ate shaved ice with adzuki beans at the summer festival.