餅花

もちばな

New Year's decoration of willow, etc. branches with colored rice balls

わらび餅

わらびもち

type of dumpling traditionally made using bracken starch

花びら

はなびら

(flower) petal

花びら回転

はなびらかいてん

prostitution in which services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons")

花結び

はなむすび

rosette

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

あられ餅

あられもち

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

びらびら

flutter, flutteringly

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