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botamochi

botamochi noun: a Japanese sweet made by soaking sweet rice and forming it into balls with azuki bean paste packed around them.

Noun

botamochi (plural botamochi)

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

Forms of botamochi

pluralbotamochi

Origin of botamochi

Borrowed from Japanese ぼたもち, 牡丹餅.

Questions about botamochi

What does botamochi mean?
Botamochi means a Japanese sweet made by soaking sweet rice and forming it into balls with azuki bean paste packed around them.
What part of speech is botamochi?
Botamochi is a noun.
What is the plural of botamochi?
The plural of botamochi is botamochi.

Words near botamochi in the dictionary

  1. botafogo
  2. botafogos
  3. botak
  4. botallackite
  5. botallackites
  6. botamochi
  7. Botan
  8. botan rice
  9. botana
  10. botanas
  11. botanese

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