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
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-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
offering of mochi rice cakes; mochi rice cakes used as offering
millet dough cake; millet mochi
grill or grate for toasting rice cakes
Kagoshima mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste; koraimochi
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