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金鍔焼き (きんつばやき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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kintsuba-yaki ; sweet bean paste wrapped in wheat dough, shaped like a sword guard
A traditional Japanese confection (wagashi) consisting of sweetened azuki bean paste encased in a thin wheat-flour dough and grilled. The name comes from its resemblance to a sword guard (tsuba).
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Kintsuba-yaki is filled with plenty of sweet bean paste and is quite satisfying.
Written forms 金きん 鍔つば 焼や き
Standard kanji spelling for this traditional confection.
金きん 鍔つば 焼やき
Variant spelling without okurigana, also seen in shop signs and product names.
Kanji 鍔 sword guard, kettle brim Similar words 今いま 川がわ 焼や き Imagawayaki is a similar grilled confection, but it uses a pancake-like batter and is typically round, while kintsuba-yaki uses a thinner wheat-flour dough and is shaped like a sword guard.
たい 焼や き Taiyaki is a fish-shaped cake made from similar batter to imagawayaki, whereas kintsuba-yaki is distinguished by its sword-guard shape and thinner dough.
Etymology From 金 (kin, 'gold') + 鍔 (tsuba, 'sword guard') + 焼き (yaki, 'grilled'), referring to the confection's shape and golden-brown grilled appearance.
