Etymology

Today it means: A Japanese dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly, served in a bowl with boiled red field peas (or sometimes azuki beans), often gyūhi, shiratama dango and a variety of fruits such as peach slices, mikan, pieces of pineapples, and cherries, usually coming with a small pot of kuromitsu, which one pours onto the jelly before eating. Full definition →