manju

See also: manjū and Manju

English

Etymology

From Japanese 饅頭 (manjū), from Chinese 饅頭／馒头 (mántou). Doublet of mandu, manti, and mantou.

Noun

manju (plural manju)

1. A traditional Japanese confection; most have an outside made from flour, rice powder, kudzu, and buckwheat, and a filling of red bean paste, usually made from boiled azuki beans and sugar; in Hawaii, Okinawan ones are made with a filling of purple sweet potato, butter, milk, sugar, and salt, but the most common filling is bean paste.
   • 1930, Yosoburo Takekoshi, The Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of Japan, volume III, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 76:

     Then, replying to Gyowo’s interrogation, he announced that as he had as many manju cakes as he wished for, and as he was no more use in this world, he would not mind dying.

   • 1995, Kyoko Mori, The Dream of Water: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 193:

     Smiling, she pours a cup each for herself and Shiro, goes back to the kitchen, and returns with a plate of manju. Each manju is shaped like a maple leaf. / “These are specialties of Hiroshima. You’ll like them because they don’t have bean paste inside. The outside part is like pancakes. Inside they have chocolate or jam. Try one.” She holds the plate toward me. / I take one of the manju and bite into semisweet chocolate. “This is great.” / Michiyo and Shiro are looking at each other and nodding. See, she likes the manju, they must be thinking to each other.

   • 2020, Diana Ault, Cook Anime: Eat Like Your Favorite Character—From Bento to Yakisoba, New York, N.Y.: Tiller Press, Simon & Schuster, Inc., →ISBN, page 18:

     Madara assumes the form of a chubby, mochi-like cat named Nyanko-sensei who loves to drink sake and eat manju and ebi furai—and pretty much anything else.

   • 2020, Naomi Aoki, Deadly Game, →ISBN:

     Angel hummed, their gaze shifting from him to the plate of manju sitting on the bench.

   • 2022, Carla de Guzman, Some Bali to Love, Midnight Books:

     The cream was thick and complimented the pancake-y batter of the manju perfectly. […] “Manju originated from Chinese mantou, that deep fried bread thing you dip in condensed milk that you can get in Binondo. But this is Japanese. And the Japanese version is made with red bean instead of chocolate or custard. […]”

   • 2023, Shoji Goji, translated by Eric Margolis, Loner Life in Another World, volume 6, Seven Seas Entertainment, →ISBN:

     They say in Slam Dunk that you need to have self-control to grab rebounds, and the girls exhibited a lack of that: they bought up over half of the manju I made. I could never make enough manju. […] “Well, I know that children can’t be eating that many manju, and grabbing manju off the shelf isn’t exactly the same as grabbing rebounds, so why don’t y'all bring that same tenaciousness to your post-manju workouts? […]”

   • 2023 April 30, Dining Out (Honolulu Star-Advertiser), page 16:

     It also comes with dessert — seasonal potato manju and fruits anmitsu.

Further reading

• Manjū on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• unjam, munja, jamun, Jumna, Anjum, majun

Ingrian

Manjut.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnʲu/, [ˈmɑɲu]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnʲu/, [ˈmɑɲu]
• Rhymes: -ɑnʲu
• Hyphenation: man‧ju

Noun

manju

1. furry catkin

Declension

Declension of manju (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	manju	manjut
genitive	manjun	manjuin, manjuloin
partitive	manjua	manjuja, manjuloja
illative	manjuu	manjui, manjuloihe
inessive	manjuus	manjuis, manjulois
elative	manjust	manjuist, manjuloist
allative	manjulle	manjuille, manjuloille
adessive	manjuul	manjuil, manjuloil
ablative	manjult	manjuilt, manjuloilt
translative	manjuks	manjuiks, manjuloiks
essive	manjunna, manjuun	manjuinna, manjuloinna, manjuin, manjuloin
exessive1)	manjunt	manjuint, manjuloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• lammas

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 296

Japanese

Romanization

manju

1. Rōmaji transcription of まんじゅ

Manchu

Romanization

manju

1. Romanization of ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

manju (needs class)

1. maestro