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
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
jealousy; yakimochi (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
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort; mugwort rice cake
offering of mochi rice cakes; mochi rice cakes used as offering
millet dough cake; millet mochi
grill or grate for toasting rice cakes
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
mochi rice cakes used as offering