敬愛

けいあい

respect and affection

愛敬

あいぎょう あいけい あいきょう

love and respect

愛敬毛

あいきょうげ

straggling hair, hair too short to be tied or arranged with the rest of the hair (typically around the sideburns), lovelock

愛敬紅

あいきょうべに

lipstick that actors put on their earlobes, cheeks and corners of eyes

愛敬のある

あいきょうのある

charming, attractive

敬天愛人

けいてんあいじん

"Revere heaven, love people." (favorite motto of Saigo Takamori, 1827-1877)

敬愛大学

けいあいだいがく

Keiai University

愛敬付く

あいぎょうづく

to have a charming face, voice, personality, etc., to be charming

愛敬らしい

あいきょうらしい

lovely, sweet

汁の餅

mochi received from one's parents after giving birth (trad. eaten in miso soup to improve lactation)

萩の餅

はぎのもち

rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame

水の餅

みずのもち

mochi offered when drawing the first water of the year

餅

もち もちい かちん あも

sticky rice cake

餅は餅屋

もちはもちや

every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop

鹿の子餅

かのこもち

mochi containing red bean paste

鳥の子餅

とりのこもち

red and white oval rice cakes

亥の子餅

いのこもち

Day-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains)

鶴の子餅

つるのこもち

red and white egg-shaped mochi

三日の餅

みかのもちい

Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony