Etymograph

English

anmitsu

Anmitsu comes from Japanese 餡蜜 ‘syrup-covered anko (bean jam) and fruit’.

  1. Japanesemodern餡蜜anmitsu‘syrup-covered anko (bean jam) and fruit’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011anmitsu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodern餡蜜anmitsu‘syrup-covered anko (bean jam) and fruit’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011anmitsu

Earliest quotation: 2011, Carey Sweet, You will want to be in the Noh for omakase: “Dessert might tempt with butterscotch and white miso pudding…”

Every English word from Japanese 餡蜜

Today it means

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.

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Etymograph / Japanese 餡蜜 / anmitsu

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