Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rakugan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: raku-gan
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of wagashi made by pressing sugar and flour into molds of various different shapes.

Example Sentences

"The owner of Baifūan had initially said he wanted to advertise ume jellies, then he changed to mooncake and then rakugan confectionery."
"He thrust a rakugan into her mouth. […] Yamakakachi picked up one of the rakugan with a trembling hand and fed it to him."
"Most of the Japanese sweets that we had regularly eaten back on Earth, like dango and manju, were classified as namagashi. Rakugan and senbei rice crackers were classified as higashi, but I’d hardly ever had opportunities to eat rakugan, and senbei were kind of different from what I had in mind when I thought of namagashi."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 落雁(らくがん) (rakugan, literally “falling wild goose”).

Questions

What does rakugan mean?: A type of wagashi made by pressing sugar and flour into molds of various different shapes.
Where does rakugan come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 落雁(らくがん) (rakugan, literally “falling wild goose”).

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