mitsumame

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Japanese dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly, served in a bowl with boiled red field peas (or sometimes azuki beans), often gyūhi, shiratama dango and a variety of fruits such as peach slices, mikan, pieces of pineapples, and cherries, usually coming with a small pot of kuromitsu, which one pours onto the jelly before eating.

Word forms

mitsumame

Etymology

From Japanese みつまめ (mitsumame).

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