"羊羹" meaning in Japanese

See 羊羹 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [jo̞ːkã̠ɴ] Forms: 羊羹 [canonical] (ruby: (よう), (かん)), yōkan [romanization], yaukan [romanization], やうかん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /yaukan/ → /yɔːkan/ → /yoːkan/ Originally from Middle Chinese compound 羊羹 (yang kæng, literally “sheep + soup, broth”). The gelatin meaning arose from the way that sheep meat or other parts would be boiled down to produce gelatin. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ようかん}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|ようかん|hhira=やうかん}} 羊(よう)羹(かん) • (yōkan) ^(←やうかん (yaukan)?)
  1. (obsolete) a gelatin made from boiled sheep and used in soups Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-羊羹-ja-noun-1fTTLC97
  2. yokan, a thick jellied dessert made of adzuki (red bean paste), agar, and sugar Categories (topical): Desserts
    Sense id: en-羊羹-ja-noun-YSjFdh25 Disambiguation of Desserts: 5 95 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 34 34 2 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 32 32 2 33 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 水羊羹 (mizu yōkan) (ruby: 水羊羹(みずようかん)), 練り羊羹 (neri yōkan) (ruby: (), 羊羹(ようかん)), 羊羹紙 (yōkan kami) (ruby: 羊羹紙(ようかんかみ)), 羊羹色 (yōkan iro) (ruby: 羊羹色(ようかんいろ)) (english: the color of yokan), 蒸し羊羹 (mushi yōkan) (ruby: (), 羊羹(ようかん)) (english: steamed yokan)
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          "ref": "1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 823:",
          "text": "Yôcan. ヤゥカン (羊羹) 豆に粗糖をまぜて,こねたもので作った食物.",
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        }
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          "adzuki"
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          "agar",
          "agar"
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          "name": "desc"
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Download raw JSONL data for 羊羹 meaning in Japanese (4.5kB)

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