もち
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. mochi; (sticky) rice cake
Kanji used
mochi (a sticky rice cake) [old]
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
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
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