"mochi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmoʊtʃi/, /ˈmɒtʃi/ Forms: mochis [plural], mochi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 餅 (mochi). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|餅|tr=mochi}} Japanese 餅 (mochi) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|mochi}} mochi (plural mochis or mochi)
  1. A small Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice. Categories (topical): Desserts Derived forms: butter mochi Related terms: daifuku, wagashi Translations (rice cake made from glutinous rice): موتْشِي (mūtšī, mōtšī) [masculine] (Arabic), موتشي (mōtši) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), մոտի (moti) (Armenian), մոչի (močʻi) (Armenian), မွာချီး (mwahkyi:) (Burmese), 麻糍 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 麻糬 (máshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), mochi (Finnish), riisikakku (Finnish), mochi [masculine] (French), moci (Indonesian), (mochi) (alt: もち) (Japanese), ម៉ូជី (moucii) (Khmer), 모찌 (mojji) (Korean), (tteok) (Korean), (muchi) (Okinawan), мо́ти (móti) [neuter] (Russian), ри́совая лепёшка (rísovaja lepjóška) [feminine] (Russian), โมจิ (moo-jì) (Thai)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "rice cake made from glutinous rice",
      "word": "麻糬"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rice cake made from glutinous rice",
      "word": "mochi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rice cake made from glutinous rice",
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    },
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      "roman": "mochi",
      "sense": "rice cake made from glutinous rice",
      "word": "餅"
    },
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "moucii",
      "sense": "rice cake made from glutinous rice",
      "word": "ម៉ូជី"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mojji",
      "sense": "rice cake made from glutinous rice",
      "word": "모찌"
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "sense": "rice cake made from glutinous rice",
      "word": "떡"
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      "sense": "rice cake made from glutinous rice",
      "word": "餅"
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