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])
• 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)