綿菓子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
綿	菓	子
わた Grade: 5	か > が Grade: S	し Grade: 1
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 綿 (わた) (wata, “cotton”) + 菓 (か)子 (し) (kashi, “sweet”).

The kashi changes to gashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わたがし [wàtágáꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
(Tokyo) わたがし [wàtáꜜgàshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ta̠ɡa̠ɕi]

Noun

綿菓子 (hiragana わたがし, rōmaji watagashi, historical hiragana わたぐわし)

cotton candy (US), candy floss (UK)
Synonyms: 電気飴 (denkiame), 綿飴 (wataame)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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