飴たがね

noun

confection; sweet

Archaic word for confections such as candy or mochi. In modern Japanese, 飴 is normally read あめ and refers to candy. This reading たがね is obsolete and appears only in historical contexts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「飴たがね」を「たがね」と読よませる例れいがある。

  In old documents, there are examples where 飴 is read as たがね.