洋菓子

Japanese
Kanji in this term
洋 菓 子
よう
Grade: 3		 か > が
Grade: S		 し
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 洋(よう) (yō) + 菓子(かし) (kashi). The kashi changes to gashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) よーが​し [yòógáꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ːɡa̠ɕi]

Noun

洋(よう)菓(が)子(し) • (yōgashi) ←やうぐわし (yaugwasi)?

  1. Western-style sweet
    Hypernym: 菓子 (kashi)
    Coordinate term: 和菓子 (wagashi)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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