鼈甲飴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼈	甲	飴
べつ > べっ Hyōgai	こう Grade: S	あめ Hyōgai
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
べっ甲飴 べっこう飴

Etymology

From 鼈甲(べっこう) (bekkō) + 飴(あめ) (ame).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) べっこーあめ [bèkkóꜜòàmè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [be̞k̚ko̞ːa̠me̞]

Noun

鼈(べっ)甲(こう)飴(あめ) • (bekkōame) ^{←べつかふあめ (betukafuame)?}

1. bekko candy