柿の種

かきのたね
noun
kaki-no-tane; small crescent-shaped rice cracker
foodculture
1. kaki-no-tane; small crescent-shaped soy-sauce rice cracker
A snack of small curved orange rice crackers flavored with soy sauce and a touch of chili, named for their resemblance to persimmon seeds. Usually sold mixed with peanuts and eaten with beer.
ビールに柿(かき)の種(たね)がよく合(あ)う。
Kaki-no-tane goes well with beer.
ピーナッツ入(い)りの柿(かき)の種(たね)を買(か)ってきた。
I bought some kaki-no-tane with peanuts.
辛(から)いものが苦手(にがて)なので、柿(かき)の種(たね)は一(ひと)つずつゆっくり食(た)べる。
I am not good with spicy food, so I eat kaki-no-tane slowly, one at a time.
新潟(にいがた)に行(い)った同僚(どうりょう)から、わさび味(あじ)の柿(かき)の種(たね)をお土産(みやげ)にもらった。
A colleague who went to Niigata brought me wasabi-flavored kaki-no-tane as a souvenir.

Literally "persimmon seed," from the shape of the cracker. The snack originated in Niigata in the 1920s and is now a supermarket staple; the literal meaning is rarely intended in modern speech.

Common collocations

  • 柿(かき)ピー: kaki-no-tane mixed with peanuts (the usual abbreviation)
  • わさび味(あじ)の柿(かき)の種(たね): wasabi-flavored kaki-no-tane
  • 柿(かき)の種(たね)をつまむ: to nibble on kaki-no-tane

Similar words

  • せんべい: rice cracker — the broad category; 柿(かき)の種(たね) is one specific product shape
  • おかき: rice cracker made from glutinous rice — closer in texture, but larger and usually plain

Related Words

Compare: 煎餅(せんべい) (rice cracker)
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Added 2026.7.28 21:21 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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