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鏡餅

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 鏡餅.

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Entry

鏡餅鏡もちかがみもち鏡餠NounFreq #60634
1

kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

鏡

mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering

19 strokesFrequency 1,506JLPT N1Grade 4

On

キョウケイ

Kun

かがみ

Nanori

あきかがかがん
餅

mochi rice cake

15 strokesFrequency 2,152Grade 8

On

ヘイヒョウ

Kun

もちもちい
餠

rice cake

17 strokes

On

ヘイヒョウ

Kun

もちもちい

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