お菓子

おかし

confections, sweets, snack

What does お菓子 mean?

お菓子 is a Japanese noun meaning confections, sweets, snack in English. It is written as お菓子 in kanji, おかし in hiragana, and okashi in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N5 vocabulary.

Example sentence

お菓子で赤ちゃんが窒息するところだった。

The baby almost choked on a piece of candy.