mochi
cooked and pounded glutinous rice formed into various shapes and used to make traditional Japanese sweets and other dishes (often used attributively): mochi balls;mochi ice cream.
Also called but·ter mo·chi . a sticky, spongy Hawaiian dessert whose principal ingredients are butter, sugar, eggs, rice flour, and coconut milk.
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How to use mochi in a sentence
When he had said this, he drew his sword and plunged into the sea, where he became changed into the god Sabi-mochi.
Great balls of mochi, sak, flowers, and choice new varieties of vegetables are appropriate offerings.
Japanese Girls and Women | Alice Mabel BaconThe ceremony of giving mochi to the Prince is ended and the table is taken away.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan | VariousThe August Princes have presented themselves before the King for three days to receive gifts of mochi.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan | VariousFor Kagé there has been soft rice paste (mochi) and dumpling (dango) in unstinted quantities.
Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House) | James S. De Benneville
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