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

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

餅餤

べいだん へいだん へいたん

Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

寒餅

かんもち

mochi made in winter

椿餅

つばいもちい つばきもち つばいもち

rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves

餅肌

もちはだ

soft skin, smooth skin

画餅

がべい がへい

failure, fiasco, rice-cake painting, collapse, something of little value