found: Work cat.: Work cat.: Tastes & flavors of mochi, c2005.
found: OED via WWW, Mar. 23, 2006(mochi: a cake made from glutinous rice, steamed and pounded, sometimes with the addition of other ingredients)
found: Kodansha encyc. Japan via WWW, Mar. 23, 2006(mochi: rice cake; a food consisting of a highly glutinous variety of rice (mochigome) that is steamed, kneaded by machine or, traditionally, mortar and mallet, and formed into rounds or into sheets that are then cut into squares)
notfound: Web. 3;Britannica Online via WWW, Mar. 23, 2006;Larousse gastronomique, 1988