mochi          
noun uk/ˈməʊ.tʃi/ us/ˈmoʊ.tʃi/
 [ U ](日本)糯米 
a type of rice used in Japanese cooking, which is sweet with short, rounded seeds that stick together when cooked
  Cooked mochi is more sticky than conventional Japanese rice. 煮熟的糯米比一般的日本米更粘稠。 
  [ C ] plural mochi糯米团,麻糬 
a soft Japanese cake made from mochi rice
  They were served rice cakes called mochi in a mushroom-based soup. 给他们上的是蘑菇汤底麻糬,麻糬是一种糯米团。 
 - More examples
 - She went to Whole Foods to buy herself some mochi.
 - He received an unexpected holiday meal of mochi, the specially prepared rice eaten by all Japanese at that season.
 - Dozens of people stood in line to taste sweet mochi, or rice cakes freshly made by pounding the cooked rice.