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JLPT N5 · Noun

飴 (ame)

飴 (あめ, ame) is a Japanese noun meaning “(hard) candy; toffee”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あめ
Romaji
ame
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. (hard) candy; toffee · noun
  2. rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc. · noun
  3. amber; yellowish-brown · noun · abbreviation

Example sentences

息子は箱から飴を一つ取った。
My son took a candy from the box.
Tatoeba #139909

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 飴

飴
rice jelly, candyイ・シ・あめ・やしな.う · 13 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1153520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.