to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
falling on one's backside; pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
warabimochi; sweet dumpling made from bracken starch
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China
rice cake wrapped in oak leaves; sleeping in a futon folded in half
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort; mugwort rice cake
sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; (lit.) azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf
rice cake shop keeper; rice cake store (shop)
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
bean-jam cake; rice-cake sweets
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
rice cake stuffed with sweet bean jam
zunda mochi; mochi covered in zunda
thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; (lit.) azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
something useless; (lit.) picture of rice cakes
kudzu starch cake; pudding-like arrowroot cake
rice cracker seasoned with soy sauce; salty rice cracker
kinako mochi; mochi coated in sweetened soy flour
mame mochi; rice cake pounded with steamed black soybeans
fortifying mochi; mochi that improves one's strength; mochi received from one's parents after giving birth; mochi given to a toddler on its first birthday
rice cake wrapped in oak leaves; sleeping in a futon folded in half
millet dough cake; millet mochi
thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
mochi rice cake with red bean jam filling; mochi rice cake covered in red bean jam; mochi rice cake
New Year's decoration of willow, etc. branches with colored rice balls
abekawa mochi; rice cake with kinako
kinako mochi; mochi coated in sweetened soy flour
throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building
Habutae mochi; mochi smooth and white like habutae silk
rice cakes made after the customer has paid for them
sweet yuzu-flavoured steamed dumpling
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
money to see one over the New Year period
agemochi; deep-fried rice cake
cakes made from glutinous rice and potato starch
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
mochikinchaku; glutinous rice in a pouch of fried tofu, used in oden
rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves
sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
fried fish bones (eaten as a snack)
day-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains)
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf
offering of mochi rice cakes; mochi rice cakes used as offering
moist rice cracker; rice cracker covered in a soy-based sauce
kinako mochi; mochi coated in sweetened soy flour
to come to nothing; to end in failure; to fall through
offering of mochi rice cakes; mochi rice cakes used as offering
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
chunky mochi made with half-polished rice, stuffed with red bean paste
anko-coated mochi (from Ise, Mie pref.)
kinako mochi; mochi coated in sweetened soy flour
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
mochi soaked in water (to protect against mold); rice cakes preserved in water
cake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
glutinous rice flour; sticky rice flour
large mochi (usu. used for ceremonies)
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
rice gruel with mochi; azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month
mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour
throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building
sakubei; twisted confectionery eaten during Tanabata
steamed mochi; manjū; bread
grill or grate for toasting rice cakes
warabimochi; sweet dumpling made from bracken starch
millet dough cake; millet mochi
ebisenbei; shrimp-flavored rice cracker
turnip cake (dim sum dish); radish cake
mochi freeze-dried in the winter air
day-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains)
mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour
small mochi placed on top of a big mochi; two things heaped together
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, or sweetened with sugar, etc.)
moist rice cracker; rice cracker covered in a soy-based sauce
abekawa mochi; rice cake with kinako
to come to nothing; to end in failure; to fall through
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
fried mochi covered in soy sauce and wrapped in nori
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
doyō mochi (mochi made during the dog days of summer)
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares
red and white oval rice cakes
karamimochi; mochi topped with grated daikon, soy sauce, etc.
ebisenbei; shrimp-flavored rice cracker
rice crackers for feeding the deer (in Nara)
mochi offered when drawing the first water of the year
wafer cracker made with carbonated water
cake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice
ebisenbei; shrimp-flavored rice cracker
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
zunda mochi; mochi covered in zunda
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch
sauce-flavoured rice crackers
offering of mochi rice cakes; mochi rice cakes used as offering
glutinous millet; sticky millet
sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi
sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi
mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour
Japanese pearl barley; glutinous barley; mochi mugi
mochi freeze-dried in the winter air
roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, or sweetened with sugar, etc.)
Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares
karamimochi; mochi topped with grated daikon, soy sauce, etc.
karamimochi; mochi topped with grated daikon, soy sauce, etc.
custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
sticky rice wrapped in deep-fried tofu
mochi containing red bean paste
mochi with sanshō (Sichuan pepper)
soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch
kōraimochi; Kagoshima mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste
red and white egg-shaped mochi
rice cake disease; blister blight
rice cake disease bacteria; blister blight bacteria
Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
pastry made of dough pulled into various shapes and fried
pastry made of dough pulled into various shapes and fried
mochi rice cakes used as offering
scallion pancake; green onion cake
lotus root-starch dumpling
mochi received from one's parents after giving birth (trad. eaten in miso soup to improve lactation)
custom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday
mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day
eating a lot, drinking a lot, and on top of that, eating mochi
keep your jealousy in check, lest you invite misfortune; (lit.) even if you burn yakimochi, don't burn your hands as well
Rhododendron macrosepalum; (arch.) Japanese azalea (Rhododendron japonicum); (arch.) renge azalea