Etymology

anpan

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Today it means: A Japanese sweet roll most commonly filled with red bean paste. Full definition →

Japanese あんパン
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  1. Japanese · borrowed fromあんパン
  2. English todayanpan

From Japanese あんパン (anpan), from あん (an, “bean jam”) + パン (pan, “bread, pastry”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.