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dorayaki

dorayaki noun: a Japanese confection consisting of two sponge cake patties baked to resemble gongs, sandwiching a filling of sweet azuki bean paste.

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Noun

dorayaki (countable and uncountable, plural dorayaki)

  1. A Japanese confection consisting of two sponge cake patties baked to resemble gongs, sandwiching a filling of sweet azuki bean paste.
    • Right now, in this bag I’m holding, there are three red bean dorayaki, three cream dorayaki, three red bean yōkan, three mung bean yōkan, three red bean dango, and three red bean mochi. […] Six dorayaki is five for forty sen plus one more for ten sen, which is fifty.2024 November 12, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, “Bah-Sò / Braised Minced Pork”, in Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel, Minneapolis, Minn.: Graywolf Press, →ISBN

dorayaki meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Vietnamese

dorayaki in Tamil

Japanese confection
டோராயாக்கி ṭōrāyākki

dorayaki in Indonesian

Japanese confection
dorayaki

dorayaki in Vietnamese

Japanese confection
bánh rán

Forms of dorayaki

pluraldorayaki

Origin of dorayaki

From Japanese 銅鑼焼(どらや)き (dorayaki).

Questions about dorayaki

What does dorayaki mean?
Dorayaki means a Japanese confection consisting of two sponge cake patties baked to resemble gongs, sandwiching a filling of sweet azuki bean paste.
What is dorayaki in Tamil?
Dorayaki in Tamil is டோராயாக்கி (ṭōrāyākki). See Dorayaki meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dorayaki?
Dorayaki is a noun.
What is the plural of dorayaki?
The plural of dorayaki is dorayaki.

Words near dorayaki in the dictionary

  1. Dorasque
  2. Dorasques
  3. doravarine
  4. doravidine
  5. doravirine
  6. dorayaki
  7. Dorazio
  8. Dorazios
  9. dorbank
  10. dorbanks
  11. dorbeetle

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