飴|あめame[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, food(hard) candy; toffee
   息子むすこは箱ばこから飴あめを一ひとつ取とった。↗

   My son took a candy from the box.
2. noun, foodrice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.
3. nounamber; yellowish-brown

• SynonymキャンディCasualColloquial loanword for candy in general, including lollipops; mostly interchangeable with 「飴」 but sounds more Western.
• Synonym飴玉あめだまNeutralRefers specifically to round, ball-shaped hard candies, as in 「飴玉をなめる」; the shape is the point. 「飴」 also covers soft candies and malt syrup.

In everyday speech, candy is 「飴」. 「キャンディ」 is mostly interchangeable but sounds more Western; use 「飴玉」 when you mean a round, ball-shaped hard candy.

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1. 口くちに含ふくみ溶とかして食たべる固形こけい又または粘性ねんせいの強つよい液状えきじょうの菓子かし。