Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anmitsu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-mit-su
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly and served in a bowl with anko, boiled peas, often gyūhi and a variety of fruits such as peach slices, mikan, pieces of pineapples, and cherries, usually coming with a small pot of sweet black syrup which one pours onto the jelly before eating.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Dessert might tempt with butterscotch and white miso pudding next to a dollop of green tea ice cream, or an anmitsu of green tea ice cream, strawberry lychee kanten, adzuki beans and matcha yokan sweet bean paste jelly."
"Serve the anmitsu with the kuromitsu syrup on the side."
"Not so close it felt like she could pluck a star out and take a bite. Would it taste sweet and buttery like Isao’s freshly baked loaves? Or was it cold and icy, tasty as jellylike blocks of anmitsu?"
"It also comes with dessert — seasonal potato manju and fruits anmitsu."

Etymology

From Japanese 餡蜜 (anmitsu).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 餡蜜

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does anmitsu mean?: A Japanese dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly and served in a bowl with anko, boiled peas, often gyūhi and a variety of fruits such as peach slices, mikan, pieces of pineapples, and cherries, usually coming with a small pot of sweet black syrup which one pours onto the jelly before eating.
Where does anmitsu come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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