daifuku

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

daifuku (plural daifuku)

  1. A Japanese dessert consisting of a large mochi stuffed with red bean paste.
    • 2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 July 2021:
      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.

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

daifuku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of だいふく
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