Etymology

kinako

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Today it means: A type of roasted soybean flour. Full definition →

Japanese きなこ
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  1. Japanese · borrowed fromきなこ
  2. English todaykinako

Borrowed from Japanese きなこ (kinako, literally “yellow flour”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.