WORD DETAIL
大福
だいふく
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
大福(だいふく) uses the characters great大and fortune福, but as a food name it denotes a filled soft rice cake. - Basic usage: It covers the familiar bean-paste confection and varieties containing seasonal fruit.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- A confection rather than a literal phrase
- In food contexts,
大福is the name of the rice cake; its filling can vary and the characters are not translated word for word.
- In food contexts,