餅菓子

Japanese
Kanji in this term
餅 菓 子
もち
Grade: S		 か > が
Grade: S		 し
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
餠菓子 (kyūjitai)
もち菓子

Etymology

From 餅(もち) (mochi) + 菓子(かし) (kashi). The kashi changes to gashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) もちが​し [mòchígáꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t͡ɕiɡa̠ɕi]

Noun

餅(もち)菓(が)子(し) • (mochigashi) ←もちぐわし (motigwasi)?

  1. mochi sweet

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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