mochi

[ moh-chee ]

/ ˈmoʊ tʃi /

noun

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.

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Origin of mochi

Borrowed into English from Japanese around 1880–90

Examples from the Web for mochi

His body is like a lump of mochi pastry, and his limbs like dango dumplings.
Japanese Fairy World|William Elliot Griffis
Great balls of mochi, sak, flowers, and choice new varieties of vegetables are appropriate offerings.
Japanese Girls and Women|Alice Mabel Bacon
The August Princes have presented themselves before the King for three days to receive gifts of mochi.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan|Various
The merriment of the season is materially heightened by the making of the mochi.
A Japanese Boy|Shigemi Shiukichi

For Kagé there has been soft rice paste (mochi) and dumpling (dango) in unstinted quantities.
Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House)|James S. De Benneville