飴

あめ

Meanings

1. Noun (hard) candy; toffee
2. rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.
3. amber; yellowish-brown See also: 飴色 (あめいろ).

Kanji

• 飴 rice jelly; candy. Read as あめ.

Example sentences

• 飴がほしい。
  I want a piece of candy.
• バッグの中に入っていた飴が暑さでクニャクニャになっていた。
  The candy I had in my bag went mushy in the heat.
• いい子にしていたら、あめをあげよう。
  If you are a good girl, you shall have candy.
• 息子は箱から飴を一つ取った。
  My son took a candy from the box.
• 飴ちょうだい。
  I want some candy.

Common phrases

• 飴をなめる
• 飴を作る

Words containing 飴

• のど飴 (のどあめ) throat lozenge
• 飴ちゃん (あめちゃん) (hard) candy
• 飴玉 (あめだま) candy

And 26 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N5
• Food
• Core 5000
• Written
• Examples

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