Wooden sweets - Kigasi

Japanese: 木菓子 - きがし
Wooden sweets - Kigasi
〘Noun〙 Fruit. Originally, sweets referred to fruits, but later they came to be made from grains, so the term is used to distinguish them from those. Water-based sweets. Nuts. ※Goe-shidai (around 1111), 17 "Four bowls of sweets: pine nuts, oak nuts, pomegranates, and jujubes"

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Japanese:
〘名〙 果物のこと。もと菓子は果物をさしていたが、のちに穀物などで作るようになったので、それと区別するためにいう。水菓子。木の実。※江家次第(1111頃)一七「木菓子四坏 松実・柏実・石榴・棗」

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