生菓子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	菓	子
なま Grade: 1	か > が Grade: S	し Grade: 1
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Etymology

From 生(なま) (nama) + 菓子(かし) (kashi). The kashi changes to gashi as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なまがし [nàmágáꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠ɡa̠ɕi]

Noun

生(なま)菓(が)子(し) • (namagashi) ^{←なまぐわし (namagwasi)^?}

perishable sweet (containing fruits, etc.); namagashi

Antonyms

干菓子(ひがし) (higashi)

Hyponyms

和生菓子(わなまがし) (wa-namagashi)
洋生菓子(ようなまがし) (yō-namagashi)
半生菓子(はんなまがし) (han-namagashi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN