画餅

がべい がへい

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

烏有に帰す

うゆうにきす

to be burned to ashes, to come to nothing

空に帰する

くうにきする そらにきする

to come to naught, to come to nought

水泡に帰す

すいほうにきす

to come to nothing

帰す

きす かえす

to send (someone) back, to send (someone) home

餅

もち もちい かちん あも

sticky rice cake

烏有に帰する

うゆうにきする

to be reduced to ashes

水泡に帰する

すいほうにきする

to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke

画す

かくす

to draw (a line)

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

家に帰る

いえにかえる

to come back home, to go back home

土に帰る

つちにかえる どにかえる

to die

帰する

きする

to come to (in the end), to end in

絵に描いた餅

えにかいたもち えにえがいたもち

pie in the sky, castle in the air

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.