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The word ____ comes from the Portuguese word confeito (comfit), which is a type of sugar candy.

The characters ____ (lit. "golden flat sugar") are ateji selected mostly for their phonetic value and can also be written ____

The technique for producing sugar candy was introduced to Japan in the early 16th century by Portuguese traders. The infrastructure and refining technology of sugar had not yet been established in Japan. As _____ uses a lot of sugar, it was very rare and expensive as a result. In 1569, ______, a Portuguese missionary, presented a glass flask of ____ to Oda Nobunaga in order to obtain the permit for mission work of Christianity.

By the Meiji period, ____ had already been culturally prescribed as one of the standards of Japanese ______ ”the character Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker was translated into ________, "Fairy of _____").

______ is usually 5 to 10 mm (0.20 to 0.39 in) in diameter and is produced by repeatedly coating a sugar syrup over a core consisting of a grain of coarse sugar. Originally, the core was a poppy seed. The process is somewhat similar to the _____ process, except the candies are produced by being ladled with sugar syrup and rotated slowly in a large heated gong-shaped tub (dora). Each grain of the core sugar grows over the course of several days with the continued rotating, heating, and application of syrup, becoming a ball covered with tiny bulges. It usually takes _____ days to make ______ and they are still crafted by artisans today.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense's Emergency Food Ration tins and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Combat Ration tins both contain konpeito candies, in addition to hard tack bread/biscuits and other food items. While the candies aid in the calorie content necessary for activities, it also helps promote the creation of saliva to make it easier to eat the dry bread. According to the Ministry of Defense's specifications, "Each white emergency ration bag will contain 150g of small dry bread, with 8 whites, 3 reds, 2 yellows, 2 greens as standard, amounting to 15g or more to be put in the bag. ____ It is thought that providing the 'colorful and enjoyable' Konpeito will also reduce the stress that would be experienced at times during a disaster.

Konpeito is often used for celebrations such as marriage and childbirth, in elaborate candy boxes called bonbonniere, from the French _____, meaning candy box.[8] It is given as a gift for prayers at shrines and temples. The practice of giving bonbonniere dates back to the commemoration ceremony of the Meiji Constitution in 1889 and has since been thought to be a symbol of good luck. The Japanese Imperial Family has used these Onshino _____ as the official _____ gift continuously for over 130 years.