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manju¹

Where it comes from

From Japanese 饅頭 (manjū), from Chinese 饅頭 /馒头 (mántou). Doublet of mandu, manti, and mantou.

noun manju · manjus · manjū

  1. A traditional Japanese confection; most have an outside made from flour, rice powder, kudzu, and buckwheat, and a filling of red bean paste, usually made from boiled azuki beans and sugar; in Hawaii, Okinawan ones are made with a filling of purple sweet potato, butter, milk, sugar, and salt, but the most common filling is bean paste. Then, replying to Gyowo’s interrogation, he announced that as he had as many manju cakes as he wished for, and as he was no more use in this world, he would not mind dying.

Manju²

Where it comes from

From Sanskrit मञ्जु (mañju, “beautiful, lovely, charming, pleasant, sweet”).

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit.

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noun Japanese snack

日本語饅頭
Русскиймандзю mandzju

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@misc{manju_2026,
  title = {manju},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/manju},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}