She often bakes homemade sweets on the weekends.
菓
candy, cakes, fruit
Kanji
Grade
Grade 8
Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
艸部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
カ
Common Readings
カ
Example sentences
Let's share these sweets with everyone.
The children look forward to having sweets after their meal.
In the Edo period, a kelp confectionery called 'mizukara' was popular.
On a holiday, I made baked sweets and brought them as a gift for a friend.
My mother bought seasonal traditional Japanese sweets at a shop near the station.
When I was a child, I used to go to the candy store often after school.
When I was a child, I looked forward to buying sweets at the neighborhood candy store.
Example Vocabulary
お菓子
sweets; confectionery; snacks
菓子
confectionery; sweets; snacks; cake
焼き菓子
a baked confection; baked sweets
お菓子作り
和菓子
traditional Japanese sweets
茶菓子
駄菓子屋
cheap candy store; penny candy shop
洋菓子
駄菓子
cheap sweets; traditional Japanese penny candy
砂糖菓子
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