龍須糖りゅうのひげ

noun

Dragon's beard candy; Chinese cotton candy

A traditional Chinese sweet made of very fine spun sugar threads wrapped around a filling, similar to Turkish pishmaniye or Persian pashmak. The Japanese name literally means 'dragon's beard'.

See also: リュウノヒゲ

• 横よこ浜はまの中ちゅう華か街がいで龍りゅう須のひ糖げを買かった。

  I bought dragon's beard candy in Yokohama's Chinatown.

• 龍りゅう須のひ糖げは、細ほそい砂さ糖とうの糸いとでできている。

  Dragon's beard candy is made of thin sugar threads.