Keyword
sweets
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1203
Readings
(79%)
(20%)
Composed of
blades of grass
fruit
Used in vocabulary (77 in total)
confections; sweets; candy; cake
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
confectionery making
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
small-time candy store
cake served with tea; teacake
cheap sweets
Western confectionery
candy; sweet; confectionary
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
confectionery production
Japanese-style confectionary store
confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop
ice cream; flavoured ice; sherbet
confectioner; confectionery; candy store
(arch.) fruit; counter for fruit
excellent sweet; confection of an established name
tea and cakes; refreshments
jelly dessert; fruit
fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste); fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies
confections; sweets; candy; cake
bean-jam cake
candy made from wheat gluten; wheat-gluten snack
Japanese-style confectionary store
Western confectionery
candy made from wheat gluten; wheat-gluten snack
confectionery making
bowl for confectioneries
small bag of snack food (cookies, potato chips, etc.)
confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized
chilled sweets; ices; ice cream
high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)
sweets; sweetmeats; confectionary; candy
traditional Kyoto-style confectionery (often used in tea ceremony)
Japanese sweet eaten with koicha
cake tray (dish)
puffed cereal
steamed confection (e.g. manjū, uirō, steamed yōkan); steamed cake
rice cracker
Japanese sweets made of bean paste
deep-fried Chinese pastry (sweetened with jiaogulan)
excellent sweet; confection of an established name
dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies
steamed confection (e.g. manjū, uirō, steamed yōkan); steamed cake
refreshments (implied to be low-grade)
local sweets (sold as a souvenir)
Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker
semiperishable sweets; half-dry confectionery
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
milk-based candy; sweet made with milk
sweets for offering at the Dolls' Festival
candy made from wheat gluten; wheat-gluten snack
five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut)
deep-fried Chinese pastry (sweetened with jiaogulan)
cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering
cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering
ornamental gift cakes
Christmas cake
Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)
unusual candy; rare sweet
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
tablet candy; tablet-shaped sweets
card (oft. featuring illustrations of sweets) used to represent money when gambling
Examples (18 in total)
Buy me some sweets.
This candy is sweet.
Who ate my snacks?