金太郎飴 – vocab dash

金きん太た郎ろう飴あめ

Meanings

Noun

1. Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced

2. something (or someone) lacking originality; something lacking in variety; cookie-cutter design (look, approach, etc.)

Other spellings

金きん太た郎ろうアメ金きん太た郎ろうあめ

Kanji used

金gold 太plump 郎young guy 飴(hard) candy

Pitch accent

きんたろうあめ

Composed of

金きん太た郎ろう

Kintarō; Golden Boy; folklore boy hero and defeater of demons; usu. depicted with a bob cut, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron; Kintarō doll; diamond-shaped apron

Noun

飴あめ

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

Noun