noun
chimaki; rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves
A traditional Japanese food made of glutinous rice, often shaped into a cylinder and wrapped in bamboo or other leaves, then steamed. Commonly associated with the Boys' Festival (端午の節句).
端午の節句には粽を食べる習慣があります。
There is a custom of eating chimaki on the Boys' Festival.
この粽はもち米で作られています。
This chimaki is made with glutinous rice.
柏餅 is a rice cake wrapped in an oak leaf, also eaten on the Boys' Festival, but uses a different leaf and is typically filled with sweet bean paste, while 粽 is often plain or savory and uses bamboo leaves.
The word ちまき is of native Japanese origin. The kanji 粽 is a Chinese character for a similar food, and 茅巻き literally means 'cogon grass roll', referring to the wrapping material.