亥いの子こ餅もち

noun

day-of-the-Boar mochi

A traditional Japanese sweet made with newly harvested grains, eaten on the Day of the Boar (亥の子) in the eleventh month of the old lunar calendar. Associated with the 亥の子の祝い celebration.

See also: 亥の子の祝い

• 亥いの子こ餅もちは、旧きゅう暦れきの亥いの月つきの亥いの日ひに食たべる餅もち菓が子しです。

  Inoko-mochi is a rice cake eaten on the Day of the Boar in the Boar month of the old lunar calendar.