mochi pounding; rice cake making
Refers to the traditional process of steaming glutinous rice and pounding it into mochi, often as a communal or festive activity.
It's a tradition for our family to pound mochi together at the end of the year.
I joined a mochi-pounding event and ate freshly made mochi.
Rare kanji form using 搗, which specifically means 'to pound'.
Compound of 餅 (mochi, 'rice cake') and 搗き (tsuki, 'pounding'), the noun form of 搗く (tsuku, 'to pound').