Etymology

botamochi

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Today it means: A Japanese sweet made by soaking sweet rice and forming it into balls with azuki bean paste packed around them. Full definition →

Japanese ぼたもち
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  1. Japanese · borrowed fromぼたもち
  2. English todaybotamochi

Borrowed from Japanese ぼたもち, 牡丹餅.

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