Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kuzumochi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kuzu-mochi
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Mochi cakes made of kudzu powder or from Lactobacillales-fermented wheat starch, a speciality dish local to certain wards of Tokyo, served chilled and topped with kuromitsu and kinako.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"She pushed her half-eaten kuzumochi toward me. “Here, you can finish my dessert.[…]”"
"Top with a little fig and close the plastic wrap in such a way that the kuzumochi engulfs the fig (in a sac)."
"From kuzumochi, to dango, to Western-style dorayaki, all sorts of attractive shops enticed the girls who had just learned of the subtle yet delicious taste of Japanese confectionaries."
"A special takeout bento for Mother’s Day is $121. It features kona abalone, heart of palm, lobster bisque, green beans, kuzumochi, tenderloin with onion soy sauce, duck with foie gras sauce and much more."

Etymology

From Japanese 葛餅 (kuzumochi).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 葛餅

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does kuzumochi mean?: Mochi cakes made of kudzu powder or from Lactobacillales-fermented wheat starch, a speciality dish local to certain wards of Tokyo, served chilled and topped with kuromitsu and kinako.
Where does kuzumochi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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