Etymology

chitoseame

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Today it means: A type of long candy eaten by Japanese children during the festival of Shichigosan. Full definition →

Japanese 千歳飴
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from千歳飴
  2. English todaychitoseame

From Japanese 千歳飴 (chitose ame, literally “thousand year candy”).

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