もち

Japanese

Etymology 1

Clipping of もちろん.

Interjection

もち • (mochi) 

1. (slang) of course; synonym of 勿論 (mochiron)
   • 2018, 19:54 from the start, in Citrus, episode 11, spoken by 藍原柚子 (Aihara Yuzu):

     『それでも、柚子(ゆず)はまだ好(す)きなんでしょう？』
     もち！芽衣(めい)のことを好(す)きな気持(きも)ちは、誰(だれ)にも負(ま)けない！

     “Sore demo, Yuzu wa mada suki nan deshō?”
     Mochi! Mei no koto o suki na kimochi wa, dare ni mo makenai!

     “Yuzu, you still love her, right?”
     Of course! No one loves Mei more than I do!

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of もち – see the following entries.

【糯】H [noun] grains which are highly sticky when cooked due to containing little or no amylose

【黐】H [noun] birdlime (adhesive substance used for trapping birds) [noun] short for 黐の木 (mochi no ki): Ilex integra, a species of holly Alternative spelling モチ

【餅】S [noun] mochi (Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients) [proper noun] a surname

【持ち】 [noun] holding, possession [noun] wear, durability [verb] stem or continuative form of 持つ (motsu) [godan]

(This term, もち (mochi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as もち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as もち.

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 望, 以ち.)