N21685/1725

お八やつ

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

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おやつ

Meanings

between-meal snack
mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack, afternoon refreshment, afternoon tea

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Example sentences

子こどもたちはおやつの時間じかんをいつも楽たのしみにしている。

The children always look forward to snack time.

三さん時じになったので、おやつにクッキーを食たべた。

Since it became three o'clock, I had cookies as an afternoon snack.

健康けんこうを考かんがえて、おやつには果物くだものを選えらぶようにしている。

Keeping health in mind, I try to choose fruit for my between-meal snack.

この店みせでは、午後ごご三さん時じになると社員しゃいん全員ぜんいんにおやつが配くばられる。

At this company, snacks are distributed to all employees when it hits three in the afternoon.

ダイエット中ちゅうはおやつを控ひかえていたが、ストレスが溜たまって我慢がまんできなくなってしまった。

I had been holding back on snacks while dieting, but stress built up and I ended up unable to resist.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)