Keyword
mochi (a sticky rice cake) [old]
Info
FrequencyVery rare
TypeKyūjitai ?
KankenLevel 1
Modern form
Readings
もち
(40%)
あも
(20%)
Composed of
eat food
slash left
left to dry
slash left
left to dry
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
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
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake