jmdict 2624360 Active (id#1088729)
餅花
【 もちばな 】
  1. [n]
    • New Year's decoration of willow, etc. branches with colored rice balls
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1535790 餅【もち】 1. mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
    • ⇔ see: 1525720 繭玉 1. New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
History:
    • A 2012-03-15 09:47:03 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Far too detailed. This is not an encyclopaedia.
    • Refs
      Koj, Daijr, Wikip
    • Diff
      @@ -14,1 +14,1 @@
-<gloss>branches (willow, sumac, etc.) with small rice balls attached (like flowers), colored white, red, and other colors (New Year's decoration, esp. lunar New Year, esp. household altar, wishing for good crops and fortune)</gloss>
+<gloss>New Year's decoration of willow, etc. branches with colored rice balls</gloss>
    • A* 2012-03-10 12:04:29 Nils Roland Barth
    • Comments
      Add more details – very specific decoration (specifically branches, colored, lunar New Year, etc.).
    • Refs
      daijr koj 新解さん ja:WP
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/餅花
See Google image results on these esp. being white and red
    • Diff
      @@ -14,1 +14,1 @@
-<gloss>mochi flower (mochi used to decorate trees, e.g. for the New Year)</gloss>
+<gloss>branches (willow, sumac, etc.) with small rice balls attached (like flowers), colored white, red, and other colors (New Year's decoration, esp. lunar New Year, esp. household altar, wishing for good crops and fortune)</gloss>
    • A 2011-04-14 20:11:08 Rene Malenfant
    • Diff
      @@ -12,1 +12,3 @@
-<gloss>mochi flower (using mochi to decorate trees, e.g. for the New Year)</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1535790">餅・もち</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1525720">繭玉</xref>
+<gloss>mochi flower (mochi used to decorate trees, e.g. for the New Year)</gloss>
    • A* 2011-04-11 01:23:31 Scott
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