mochi with zunda filling, a specialty of the Tōhoku region

Alternative spelling of 餅つけ (mochitsuke, “to pound rice cake” or “to calm down”)

(archaic, possibly obsolete, historical) in ancient Japan prior to the Taika Reform, a governor appointed by the emperor to carry out imperial policies in the provinces

"bottom mochi": the result of falling backwards and landing on one's rear

countenance; facial expression

東半球: Eastern Hemisphere (hemisphere of the Earth)

The hiragana syllable ご (go). Its equivalent in katakana is ゴ (go).

語: language / 棊, 棋, 碁: go (board game) / 期: a specific time; death (as in "one's time has come") / 伍: a military squad (usu. of five people); a group / 午: noon; midnight

五: five / 伍: financial form of 五

御: honorific prefix used before on'yomi nouns / 互: mutual