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mochi.

A small Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmoʊtʃi//ˈmɒtʃi/
  1. A small Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 餅(もち) (mochi).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.