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.

Nearby words

moccasin telegraph, moccies, mocha, mocha stone, mocha ware, mochi, mochica, mochila, mock, mock chicken, mock epic

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