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mochitsuki

mochitsuki noun: pounding mochi as part of Japanese New Year.

Noun

mochitsuki (uncountable)

  1. Pounding mochi as part of Japanese New Year

Origin of mochitsuki

From Japanese 餅搗き (もちつき, mochitsuki, “pounding mochi”), from Japanese 餅 (もち, mochi) + Japanese 搗 (つく, tsuku, “pounding”).

Questions about mochitsuki

What does mochitsuki mean?
Mochitsuki means pounding mochi as part of Japanese New Year.
What part of speech is mochitsuki?
Mochitsuki is a noun.

Words near mochitsuki in the dictionary

  1. Mochica
  2. mochiko
  3. mochila
  4. mochilas
  5. mochis
  6. mochitsuki
  7. mochokid
  8. mochokids
  9. mochras
  10. Mochs
  11. Mochuana

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