あん・餡an[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, foodred bean paste; red bean jam; anko
  2. noun, foodkudzu sauce
  3. noun, foodfilling (of a dumpling, etc.)
  4. nounfilling; stuffing; inside
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymあんこCasualThe everyday colloquial word, chiefly for sweet red bean paste, as in 「あんこたっぷり」; 「餡」 is broader, also covering kudzu sauce and savory fillings such as meat.
  • Antonym皮かわNeutralThe antonym in the filling-and-wrapper pairing: the outer skin that encloses the 餡, as in 「餃子の皮」.

Use 「餡」 for fillings generally and for kudzu sauce thickening, as in 「餡掛け」 and 「肉餡」; for sweet red bean paste in everyday speech, 「餡子」 is the common word. The opposite outer layer is 「皮」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 小豆あずきなどの豆まめ類るいや芋いもなどを煮にて、砂糖さとうを加くわえて練ねったもの。あんこ。
  2. 肉にくや野菜やさいなどを調理ちょうりした具材ぐざいで、饅頭まんじゅう、餅もち、餃子ぎょーざ、焼売しゅーまいなどの中なかに入いれるもの。
  3. 水みずまたはだし汁じるに澱粉でんぷんと調味料ちょうみりょうを加くわえて加熱かねつしとろみをつけ、調理ちょうりした肉にくや野菜やさいなどにかけたり、肉にくや野菜やさいなどと合あわせて米飯べいはんや麺めんなどにかけたりするもの。

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