空くう也や餅もち

noun

chunky mochi with half-polished rice, filled with red bean paste

A traditional Japanese sweet made from partially polished glutinous rice, giving it a coarse texture, and typically filled with sweet azuki bean paste. The name is associated with the Heian-period monk Kūya.

See also: 餅 (もち) · あん

• 京きょう都との老舗しにせで空くう也や餅もちを買かった。

  I bought kūya-mochi at a long-established shop in Kyoto.

• 空くう也や餅もちは半はん搗つきの米こめを使つかうので、独どく特とくの食しょっ感かんがある。

  Kūya-mochi uses half-polished rice, so it has a distinctive texture.