萩はぎの餅もち

expression, noun

ohagi; rice ball coated with sweet bean paste or soybean flour

Rare term for おはぎ, a traditional Japanese sweet made of glutinous rice formed into a ball and coated with sweetened red bean paste, soybean flour, or sesame. The modern common name is おはぎ.

See also: おはぎ

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは「萩はぎの餅もち」と記しるされることがあるが、今いまは「おはぎ」と呼よぶのが普ふ通つうだ。

  In old documents it is sometimes written as 萩の餅, but nowadays it is normally called おはぎ.