sweets

On-Yomi:

Koohii stories:

1) [haole] 18-3-2010(29): Of all the foods, sweets are definitely the ones kids put on a pedestal.

2) [mantixen] 16-2-2007(24): The only food at the pedestal is sweets to keep the lecturer's energy up.

3) [n1williams] 15-1-2010(4): SWEETS are FOOD that are offered to the gods on an especially high PEDESTAL. Is that because they're more preferred or is it to keep them out of children's reach? Hmm…

4) [melchan] 9-8-2009(3): Keyword: (hard) candy; toffee. Some restaurants have a pedestal near the counter in which they place a glass of toffees for the clients.

5) [gavmck] 15-3-2010(1): In the scrum for sweets to eat, I got elbowed in the mouth.