お菓子

お菓子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菓	子
か Grade: S	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 御 (お)菓 (か)子 (し) (okashi)

Etymology

御 (“polite prefix”) +‎ 菓子 (“sweet, pastry”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おか​し [òkáꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ka̠ɕi]

Noun

お菓子 (hiragana おかし, rōmaji okashi, historical hiragana おくわし)

1. sweet, confection
2. candy
3. pastry, cake, cookie

Synonyms

• 菓 (か)子 (し) (kashi)

References

1. Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.