N2751/1725

餅もち

foodcookingnounnoun (generic)

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もち

Meanings

mochi, small rice cake made from glutinous rice(explanation)

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Example sentences

お正月しょうがつには餅もちを食たべる習慣しゅうかんがある。

There is a custom of eating mochi during the New Year.

祖母そぼが手作てづくりの餅もちを送おくってくれた。

My grandmother sent me homemade mochi.

喉のどに餅もちを詰つまらせないよう、小ちいさく切きって食たべてください。

Please cut the mochi into small pieces before eating so you don't choke on it.

この店みせでは、よもぎ餅もちや桜餅さくらもちなど様々さまざまな種類しゅるいの餅もちが売うられている。

This shop sells various types of mochi, such as mugwort mochi and sakura mochi.

餅もちは焼やくと外側そとがわがカリッとして、中なかはとろりとした食感しょっかんになる。

When mochi is grilled, the outside becomes crispy while the inside turns soft and gooey.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)