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daifuku

daifuku noun: a Japanese dessert consisting of a large mochi stuffed with red bean paste.

daifuku: a Japanese dessert consisting of a large mochi stuffed with red bean paste
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Noun

daifuku (plural daifuku)

  1. A Japanese dessert consisting of a large mochi stuffed with red bean paste.
    • It’s easy to grab plastic-wrapped daifuku at Japanese grocery stores in New York, and to spot boxes of mochi ice cream in supermarket freezer aisles.2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2021

Forms of daifuku

pluraldaifuku

Origin of daifuku

Borrowed from Japanese 大福 (daifuku, “very filling”).

Questions about daifuku

What does daifuku mean?
Daifuku means a Japanese dessert consisting of a large mochi stuffed with red bean paste.
What part of speech is daifuku?
Daifuku is a noun.
What is the plural of daifuku?
The plural of daifuku is daifuku.

Words near daifuku in the dictionary

  1. daidzein
  2. daidzin
  3. daie
  4. daies
  5. daifugō
  6. daifuku
  7. daigappei
  8. Daigle
  9. Daigles
  10. Daignault
  11. Daignaults

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