to fall on one's backside
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); 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; roasted rice cake
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
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
bracken-starch dumpling; type of dumpling traditionally made using bracken starch
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
rice cake shop keeper; rice cake store (shop)
mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China
rice cakes wrapped in oak leaves
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
to fall on one's backside
sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; (lit.) azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
jealousy; roasted rice cake
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
rice cake stuffed with sweet bean jam
sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; (lit.) azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf
thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
something useless; (lit.) picture of rice cakes
to fall on one's backside
rice cracker seasoned with soy sauce; salty rice cracker
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
millet dough cake; millet mochi
kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
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
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
Habutae mochi; mochi smooth and white like habutae silk
rice cakes made after the customer has paid for them
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
kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
money to see one over the New Year period
mochikinchaku; glutinous rice in a pouch of fried tofu, used in oden
sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
deep fried fish bones (snack food)
day-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains)
moist rice cracker; rice cracker covered in a soy-based sauce
sweet yuzu-flavoured steamed dumpling
kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building
mochi soaked in water (to protect against mold); rice cakes preserved in water
chunky mochi made with half-polished rice, stuffed with red bean paste
kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
offering of mochi rice cakes; mochi rice cakes used as offering
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
bracken-starch dumpling; type of dumpling traditionally made using bracken starch
throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building
steamed mochi; manjū; bread
grill or grate for toasting rice cakes
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
cake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice
glutinous rice flour; sticky rice flour
mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour
rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves
millet dough cake; millet mochi
mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour
mochi freeze-dried in the winter air
rice gruel with mochi; azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month
small mochi placed on top of a big mochi; two things heaped together
anko-coated mochi (from Ise, Mie pref.)
fried mochi covered in soy sauce and wrapped in nori
roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, or sweetened with sugar, etc.)
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
red and white oval rice cakes
rice crackers for feeding the deer (in Nara)
moist rice cracker; rice cracker covered in a soy-based sauce
mochi offered when drawing the first water of the year
turnip cake (dim sum dish); radish cake
abekawa mochi; rice cake with kinako
cake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice
Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
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
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 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
custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday
mochi containing red bean paste
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
sticky rice wrapped in deep-fried tofu
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
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
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
large mochi (usu. used for ceremonies)
mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day
eating a lot, drinking a lot, and on top of that, eating mochi
Rhododendron macrosepalum; (arch.) Japanese azalea (Rhododendron japonicum); (arch.) renge azalea