棚から牡丹餅

たなからぼたもち

receiving a windfall, having an unexpected piece of good luck

ぼた餅

ぼたもち

adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi

棚ぼた

たなぼた タナボタ

godsend, windfall

かき餅

かきもち

mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried

餅

もち もちい かちん あも

sticky rice cake

棚

たな

shelf, shelves, ledge, rack

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

花びら餅

はなびらもち

sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi

あられ餅

あられもち

roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, or sweetened with sugar, etc.)

わらび餅

わらびもち

type of dumpling traditionally made using bracken starch

ぼらぼら

one after another

ぼたぼた

drip drip

餅網

もちあみ

grill or grate for toasting rice cakes

草餅

くさもち

rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort

餅屋

もちや

rice cake shop keeper, rice cake store (shop)

餅草

もちぐさ

Japanese mugwort

鏡餅

かがみもち

mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.

桜餅

さくらもち

rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf

葛餅

くずもち

kudzu starch cake