Meaning of お八つ(おやつ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level お八つ, お八, 御八つ JLPT 2

Kana Reading おやつ

Romaji oyatsu

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

between meal snack
Parts of speech

Meaning

mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

Examples of お八つ, お八, 御八つ, おやつ in a sentence

子供の中にはスーパーでお菓子かおやつを買ってもらえないとだだをこね始める子がいる。

Some kids start to carry on at a supermarket when they are not allowed to buy some candy or other treat.
三郎はテーブルの上に出されたおやつをガッと取った。

Saburo snatched up all the snacks that were sitting on the table.
おやつにプリンを食べた。

I had some custard pudding for an afternoon snack.

御 JLPT 3

12 strokes

honorable, manipulate, govern

On'Yomi: ギョ, ゴ

Kun'Yomi: おん-, お-, み-

八 JLPT 5

2 strokes

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

On'Yomi: ハチ

Kun'Yomi: や, や.つ, やっ.つ, よう