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steamed pork bun (Japanese-style)
A round white steamed bun with a savory pork filling. A staple winter snack sold hot at convenience stores in Japan. The Japanese adaptation of Chinese baozi.
Short for 肉まんじゅう (meat manju). Sold year-round but considered a winter food, kept warm in heated cases by convenience-store registers from autumn through spring.
Common collocations
Similar words
- あんまん: sweet bean-paste bun — same shape, sweet azuki filling
- ピザまん: 'pizza bun' — modern variant with tomato-cheese filling
- カレーまん: curry bun
- 中華まん: general term covering all these steamed buns
Regional note
In the Kansai region, this is often called 豚まん, where 肉 traditionally implies beef.