うぐいす餅もち

noun

uguisu mochi; mochi with red bean paste and green soy flour

A traditional Japanese sweet: a mochi rice cake filled with sweet red bean paste (anko) and dusted with green kinako (soybean flour), resembling the color of the Japanese bush warbler.

See also: 餅

• 春はるになると、和わ菓が子し屋やでうぐいす餅もちをよく見みかける。

  In spring, you often see uguisu mochi at Japanese confectionery shops.