English
anpan
Anpan comes from Japanese あんパン.
- Japanesemodernあんパンanpan
- Englishearliest quotation 1992anpan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodernあんパンanpan
- Englishearliest quotation 1992anpan
Earliest quotation: 1992, 91st Annual Meeting, San Francisco: “Anpanman, a male hero whose head is composed of…”
A compound of あん ‘bean jam’ + パン ‘bread, pastry’
Every English word from Japanese あんパン
Today it means
noun A Japanese sweet roll most commonly filled with red bean paste.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese あんパン / anpan