供餅

くもち ぐへい

mochi rice cakes used as offering

供え

そなえ

offering

供える

そなえる

to offer, to sacrifice, to dedicate

供え物

そなえもの

offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

御供え

おそなえ ごそなえ

offering

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

花を供える

はなをそなえる

to offer flowers (e.g. at grave), to leave flowers

供

とも

companion, follower, attendant, retinue

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