chitoseame

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of long candy eaten by Japanese children during the festival of Shichigosan.

Word forms

chitoseame chitose ame

Etymology

From Japanese 千歳飴 (chitose ame, literally “thousand year candy”).

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