餡あん餅もち

noun

mochi with sweet red bean paste; anko mochi

Only when written 餡餅

A traditional Japanese sweet: pounded rice cake either filled with or coated in sweet azuki bean paste. The term is sometimes associated with feminine speech, but the food itself is widely enjoyed.

See also: 餅

• 祖そ母ぼが作つくった餡あん餅もちは、中なかにあんこがたっぷり入はいっていた。

  The anko mochi my grandmother made was filled with plenty of sweet bean paste.

• おやつに餡あん餅もちを食たべた。

  I had anko mochi for a snack.

noun

mochi rice cake

Only with reading あんも

A rare, possibly dialectal or archaic reading あんも used for plain mochi. In modern standard Japanese, もち is the normal word.

• 地ち方ほうによっては、餅もちを「あんも」と呼よぶことがある。

  In some regions, mochi is called 'anmo'.