桜餅
さくらもち · sakuramochi
JLPT N3
Meaning
A Japanese sweet consisting of pink mochi (rice cake) filled with red bean paste (anko) and wrapped in a pickled cherry blossom leaf.
Examples
- 春になると、和菓子屋さんで桜餅を見かけるようになります。 — When spring arrives, you start to see sakuramochi at Japanese confectionery shops.
- この桜餅は、桜の葉の塩味が餡子の甘さを引き立てています。 — The salty taste of the cherry blossom leaf in this sakuramochi enhances the sweetness of the red bean paste.
- お花見の時に、お茶と一緒に桜餅を食べるのが好きです。 — I like to eat sakuramochi with tea during cherry blossom viewing.
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