Illustration: At the preparation counter of a small Japanese sweets shop, a confectioner spoons thick, slightly chunky adzuki paste into the center of an open dorayaki pancake. A finished dorayaki has been cut in half beside it, clearly exposing the generous filling.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

あんこ

anko

sweet red bean paste

Example sentences

  1. 初期しょきのどら焼やきは皮かわを一枚いちまいだけ用もちい、端はじの部分ぶぶんを折おりたたんだため四角しかくく、片面かためんの中央ちゅうおうはあんこがむき出だしであったという。

    It is said that the original dorayaki were made using only one cake with the edges folded over so they were square and the bean paste could be seen on one side.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. そのお礼れいに小麦粉こむぎこを水みずで溶といて薄うすく伸のばしたものを熱ねっした銅鑼どらに引ひき、丸まるく焼やいた生地きじであんこを包つつみ、振舞ふるまったことが起源きげん。

    To show his gratitude, he mixed flour and water, spread it thinly over a hot Chinese gong and used the round baked cake to wrap bean paste and this was the origin of Dorayaki.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この大福だいふくはあんこが多おおくてよく買かいます。

    I often buy this daifuku because it has lots of sweet red bean paste in it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

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