Daifuku

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

Example

More examples

"I really want to eat some daifuku."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

red bean

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