鏡餅

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鏡 餅
かがみ
Grade: 4		 もち
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
鏡餠 (kyūjitai)
鏡もち
鏡餅 (kagami mochi): mass-produced kagami mochi.

Etymology

Compound of 鏡 (kagami, “mirror”) +‎ 餅 (mochi, “mochi, a doughy kind of rice cake made from pounded glutinous rice”), so called for the resemblance in outline to ancient Japanese bronze mirrors.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かがみ​もち [kàgámíꜜ mòchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡa̠mʲi mo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

鏡(かがみ)餅(もち) • (kagami mochi) 

  1. a set of rice cakes for traditional Japanese New Years decoration

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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