Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

botamochi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bo-ta-mochi
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese sweet made by soaking sweet rice and forming it into balls with azuki bean paste packed around them.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ぼたもち, 牡丹餅.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: ぼたもち

Questions

What does botamochi mean?: A Japanese sweet made by soaking sweet rice and forming it into balls with azuki bean paste packed around them.
Where does botamochi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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