おやつ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おやつ – see the following entry.

【お八つ】 [noun] [from 1688] (historical) in the old timekeeping system, the period of roughly 2:00 until 4:00, both AM and PM [noun] [from 1703] (by extension) a snack eaten at around 3:00 pm [noun] (more generally) a snack between meals Alternative spellings 御八, 御八つ

(This term, おやつ (oyatsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)