daifuku

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noun

A Japanese dessert consisting of a large mochi stuffed with red bean paste.

OriginJapanese 大福 →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

noundaifuku (plural daifuku)
  1. A Japanese dessert consisting of a large mochi stuffed with red bean paste.

    It’s easy to grab plastic-wrapped daifuku at Japanese grocery stores in New York, and to spot boxes of mochi ice cream in supermarket freezer aisles.

    2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2021

Origin

  1. Japanese大福“very filling”
  2. Englishdaifuku

Borrowed from Japanese 大福 (daifuku, “very filling”).

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APA

daifuku. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daifuku

MLA

“daifuku.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daifuku. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daifuku,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daifuku.

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