千歳飴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千 歳 飴
ち
Grade: 1 		とせ
Grade: S 		あめ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
千歲飴 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 千(ち)歳(とせ) (chitose, “thousand years”) + 飴(あめ) (ame, “candy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちとせあめ [chìtóséꜜ àmè] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕito̞se̞ a̠me̞]

Noun

千(ち)歳(とせ)飴(あめ) • (chitose ame) 

  1. stick of red and white candy sold at festivals for children

References

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