葛粉

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 葛粉 is read as くずこ and is a noun for kudzu starch used as an ingredient in cooking and confectionery.
• Basic usage: Prepare it with 葛粉を水で溶く, and express inclusion with 菓子に葛粉が使われる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Ingredient and finished food
  • Whether dissolved and heated or used in a confection, 葛粉 is the ingredient rather than the completed dish or sweet.
• で and に
  • 水で marks the medium used to dissolve the starch, while 菓子には marks the food in which it is used.