Kanji 餅 Words: Meanings and Readings

餠

あも

mochi

焼き餅

やきもち

jealousy

煎餅

せんべい

rice cracker

あべかわ餅

あべかわもち

abekawa mochi

あられ餅

あられもち

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

うぐいす餅

うぐいすもち

mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour

お餅

おもち

rice cakes

かき餅

かきもち

mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried

きなこ餅

きなこもち

kinako mochi

ソース煎餅

ソースせんべい

sauce-flavoured rice crackers

とち餅

とちもち

cake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice

ぬれ煎餅

ぬれせんべい

moist rice cracker

ぼた餅

ぼたもち

adzuki bean-covered mochi

もちはもち屋

もちはもちや

every man knows his own business best

もち肌

もちはだ

soft skin

もち粉

もちこ

glutinous rice flour

もち米

もちごめ

glutinous rice

やきもちを妬く

やきもちをやく

to be jealous

やきもち焼き

やきもちやき

jealous person

やきもち焼くとて手を焼くな

やきもちやくとててをやくな

keep your jealousy in check, lest you invite misfortune

よもぎ餅

よもぎもち

rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort

わらび餅

わらびもち

bracken-starch dumpling

愛敬の餅

あいきょうのもちい

Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

粟餅

あわもち

millet dough cake

亥の子餅

いのこもち

day-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains)

磯辺餅

いそべもち

fried mochi covered in soy sauce and wrapped in nori

一升餅

いっしょうもち

large mochi (usu. used for ceremonies)

羽二重餅

はぶたえもち

Habutae mochi

塩煎餅

しおせんべい

rice cracker seasoned with soy sauce

黄金餅

こがねもち

millet dough cake

花びら餅

はなびらもち

sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi

画餅

がへい

something useless

画餅に帰す

がべいにきす

to come to nothing

絵にかいた餅

えにかいたもち

pie in the sky

柿餅

かきもち

persimmon-filled mochi

葛餅

くずもち

kudzu starch cake

瓦煎餅

かわらせんべい

tile-shaped rice-cracker

寒餅

かんもち

mochi made in winter

環餅

まがりもちい

pastry made of dough pulled into various shapes and fried

供え餅

そなえもち

offering of mochi rice cakes

供餅

くもち

mochi rice cakes used as offering

鏡もち

かがみもち

kagami mochi

金平糖

こんぺいとう

konpeitō

空也餅

くうやもち

chunky mochi made with half-polished rice, stuffed with red bean paste

血餅

けっぺい

(blood) clot

月餅

げっぺい

mooncake

五十日の餅

いかのもちい

mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day

五平餅

ごへいもち

skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso

御焼き餅

おやきかちん

roasted mochi

骨せんべい

ほねせんべい

deep fried fish bones (snack food)

桜餅

さくらもち

rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf

三日の餅

みかのもちい

Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

三日夜の餅

みかよのもち

Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

山椒餅

さんしょうもち

mochi with sanshō (Sichuan pepper)

鹿せんべい

しかせんべい

rice crackers for feeding the deer (in Nara)

鹿の子餅

かのこもち

mochi containing red bean paste

汁の餅

しるのもち

mochi received from one's parents after giving birth (trad. eaten in miso soup to improve lactation)

重ね餅

かさねもち

small mochi placed on top of a big mochi

蒸し餅

むしもち

steamed mochi

蒸餅

じょうべい

steamed mochi

尻もち

しりもち

falling on one's backside

尻もちをつく

しりもちをつく

to fall on one's backside

伸し餅

のしもち

flattened rice cakes

信玄餅

しんげんもち

shingen mochi (sweet made by Kinseiken)

水の餅

みずのもち

mochi offered when drawing the first water of the year

水餅

みずもち

mochi soaked in water (to protect against mold)

赤福餅

あかふくもち

anko-coated mochi (from Ise, Mie pref.)

切りもち

きりもち

rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)

煎餅布団

せんべいぶとん

thin bedding

草餅

くさもち

rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort

大根餅

だいこんもち

turnip cake (dim sum dish)

大食上戸餅食らい

たいしょくじょうごもちくらい

eating a lot, drinking a lot, and on top of that, eating mochi

大福餅

だいふくもち

rice cake stuffed with sweet bean jam

棚からぼた餅

たなからぼたもち

sudden windfall

鳥の子餅

とりのこもち

red and white oval rice cakes

賃餅

ちんもち

rice cakes made after the customer has paid for them

椿餅

つばいもち

rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves

鶴の子餅

つるのこもち

red and white egg-shaped mochi

凍り餅

こおりもち

mochi freeze-dried in the winter air

筒子

トンズ

dot tiles

葱油餅

ツォンユーピン

scallion pancake

濃餅

のっぺ

soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch

濃餅汁

のっぺいじる

soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch

萩の餅

はぎのもち

rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame

柏餅

かしわもち

rice cakes wrapped in oak leaves

菱餅

ひしもち

rhombus-shaped mochi

望粥

もちがゆ

azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month

餅

あんも

mochi rice cake

餅いなり

もちいなり

sticky rice wrapped in deep-fried tofu

餅つき

もちつき

pounding mochi

餅まき

もちまき

throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building

餅屋

もちや

rice cake shop keeper

餅花

もちばな

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

餅菓子

もちがし

bean-jam cake

餅巾着

もちきんちゃく

mochikinchaku

餅草

もちぐさ

Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)

餅代

もちだい

money to see one over the New Year period

餅投げ

もちなげ

throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building

餅踏み

もちふみ

custom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday

餅盤

へいばん

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