also: あんぱん
anpan; sweet roll filled with red bean paste
A classic Japanese bakery item: a soft bread roll with sweet azuki bean paste inside.
See also: あんこ
朝ごはんにあんパンを食べた。
I had an anpan for breakfast.
このパン屋のあんパンはあんこがたっぷり入っている。
The anpan from this bakery is filled with plenty of red bean paste.
paint thinner (as an inhalant)
Only with reading アンパン
Slang term for paint thinner used as an inhalant; derived from the katakana spelling アンパン.
ニュースでアンパン吸引の危険性が報じられた。
The dangers of inhaling paint thinner were reported on the news.
A bread item is usually counted as a small piece/item rather than by a container or flat-object counter.
Katakana spelling; also used for the slang sense of paint thinner.
Kanji spelling is uncommon; the word is usually written in kana.
All-hiragana variant; less common than あんパン.
Compound of 餡 (an, 'red bean paste') and パン (pan, 'bread'), from Portuguese pão. The slang sense is a homophone derived from the katakana spelling アンパン.