Meaning
駄菓子 (だがし, Dagashi) is Dagashi, a Japanese food (snacks, sweet dishes).
What is Dagashi?
Dagashi are cheap candies and snack foods. They include hard candy, gum, chocolates, cakes, and certain types of pastries, like donuts. Dagashi also include snacks such as juice powders and flavorings, potato and corn snacks, small cups of ramen, rice crackers, flavored squid, and preserved fruit. The word " dagashi " is derived from the Japanese words " da " ("futile" or "negligible") and " kashi " (snacks, sweets). The low price and fun packaging is designed to attract children, and " dagashi " came to be known as the small candies that children can afford with pocket money. Most dagashi are packaged in bright, childish wrapping and sometimes come with a small toy or prize.