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餡: sweet bean paste

sweet bean paste
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餡 (あん) is sweet bean paste or any thick-sauce filling; 餡子, 餡蜜 and 餡掛け are the common compounds.

Key words

餡子あんこsweet bean paste
餡蜜あんみつanmitsu (jelly dessert with bean paste)
餡掛けあんかけdish with thick starchy sauce
漉し餡こしあんsmooth bean paste

Example sentences

As for the filling in taiyaki, I prefer the kind with the beans left whole.

On hot days I look forward to eating cold anmitsu.

On cold winter nights, udon in a thick sauce warms the body.

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