飴
Meanings
Noun
1. (hard) candy; toffee
2. rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.
3. amber; yellowish-brown (Abbreviation)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
あめ
Used in vocabulary
金太郎飴
Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced; something (or someone) lacking originality; something lacking in variety; cookie-cutter design (look, approach, etc.)
Noun
飴細工
candy fashioned in human and animal forms; deceptive appearance; all show; empty suit; paper tiger
Noun
飴売り
candy vendor (esp. an Edo-period candy vendor who sold candy while walking around playing the flute or another musical instrument); candy vender
Noun
ひやしあめ
chilled syrup; soft drink of malt syrup mixed with boiling water, ginger juice, grated ginger, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink, similar to ginger ale)
Noun
Examples4
息子
My son took a candy from the box.
突然
Suddenly the eldest daughter spoke up, saying, "I want candy."
バッグ
The candy I had in my bag went mushy in the heat.
いい子
If you are a good girl, you shall have candy.