sakura mochi: mochi flavored with pickled sakura blossoms, and with an 餡 (an, “sweet bean paste”) filling; traditionally served for 雛祭り (Hinamatsuri, “Girls' Day”) on 3 March

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a bracken starch jelly-like confection

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Alternative form of 持ち株

a set of rice cakes for traditional Japanese New Years decoration

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Alternative spelling of 焼き餅 (yakimochi): roasted mochi; jealousy

botamochi (Japanese sweet)

kashiwa mochi, a type of mochi with red bean paste filling wrapped with an oak leaf