Word Meaning 鏡餅

かがみもち kagamimochi

鏡餅 is read as かがみもち (kagamimochi) and means kagami mochi.

Meaning

English

  1. kagami mochi
  2. New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11

Reading

Kana

かがみもち

Romaji

kagamimochi

Writing Variants

  • 鏡もち かがみもち kagamimochi
  • 鏡餠 かがみもち kagamimochi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Rank 164463 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

かがみ

barrel head

鏡台

きょうだい

dresser

鏡面

きょうめん

mirror surface

鏡面仕上げ

きょうめんしあげ

mirror finish

鏡面反射指数

きょうめんはんしゃしすう

specular exponent

鏡花水月

きょうかすいげつ

flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface

鏡面反射係数

きょうめんはんしゃけいすう

specular reflection coefficient

鏡映文字

きょうえいもじ

mirror writing

鏡文字

かがみもじ

mirror writing

鏡面反射色

きょうめんはんしゃしょく

specular colour

鏡面反射

きょうめんはんしゃ

specular reflection

鏡の間

かがみのま

hall of mirrors (at Versailles)