桜餅
Japanese
桜餅 (sakura mochi): Kansai-style sakura mochi.
桜餅 (sakura mochi): Edo-style sakura mochi.
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 桜 | 餅 |
| さくら Grade: 5 | もち Grade: S |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom”) + 餅 (mochi, “rice cake”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) さくらもち [sàkúráꜜmòchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
- IPA(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠mo̞t͡ɕi]
Noun
桜餅 (hiragana さくらもち, rōmaji sakura mochi)
- sakura mochi: mochi flavored with pickled sakura blossoms, and with an 餡 (an, “sweet bean paste”) filling; traditionally served for 雛祭り (Hinamatsuri, “Girls' Day”) on 3 March
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN