餅

もち もちい かちん あも

sticky rice cake

餅負い

custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday

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

うぐいす餡

うぐいすあん

sweet brownish-green paste made from green peas

うぐいす色

うぐいすいろ

olive green; greenish brown

うぐいす菜

うぐいすな ウグイスナ

young greens (of mizuna, Japanese mustard spinach, rape, etc.)

ぐすぐす

グスグス

snuffling, sniffling

餅いなり

もちいなり

sticky rice wrapped in deep-fried tofu

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

蓬餅

よもぎもち

rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort

柏餅

かしわもち

rice cakes wrapped in oak leaves

尻餅

しりもち

falling on one's backside; pratfall

菱餅

ひしもち

rhombus-shaped mochi