餅 (もち, mochi) Japanese meaning: mochi | Kotomoraは
家
族
で
餅
を
食
べ
ます
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We eat mochi with the family during the New Year.
This mochi is soft and delicious.
Usage patterns
餅をつくto pound rice into mochi
The family pounded mochi together for New Year's.
餅を焼くto grill/toast mochi
I toasted mochi in the oven and ate it.
餅が伸びるfor mochi to stretch (when pulled or chewed)
When you eat hot mochi, it stretches a lot.
餅を丸めるto shape mochi into a round form
I shaped the freshly pounded mochi into balls by hand.
Expressions· 7
萩の餅ohagi; rice ball coated with sweet bean paste or soybean flour 餅は餅屋every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results 鹿の子餅kanoko mochi; mochi with red bean paste 尻餅をつくfall on one's backside; land on one's rear 絵に描いた餅pie in the sky; castles in the air; something unattainable
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焼き餅焼くとて手を焼くなkeep your jealousy in check, lest you invite misfortune; don't let jealousy burn you
尻餅
falling on one's backside; pratfall · first-birthday mochi; mochi for making a baby fall
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rice cake wrapped in an oak leaf · sleeping curled up in a futon
mugwort rice cake; kusa mochi
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
rectangular cut rice cakes; kirimochi
mochi; glutinous rice cake
offering mochi; mochi rice cakes used as offerings
fortifying mochi; strength-giving mochi · postpartum mochi from parents · first-birthday mochi for toddler
winter-made mochi
persimmon-filled mochi
horse chestnut mochi cake
mochi preserved in water
freeze-dried mochi
millet mochi; millet dough cake
imo-mochi; potato rice cakes
