Manju

Quick meaning: Manju is a noun meaning 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.

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

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

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

My mother opened a large bag and took out four bottles of beer, some manjus and iced cakes.

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.

Word Forms

• manjus

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include daifuku, mitsumame, botamochi, warabimochi, anpan, dango.

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