MOCCHI-RI もっちり
Meanings
The feeling of elasticity, softness, and pleasant stickiness.
It is often referred to as texture or skin texture.
Examples
・I like ice cream with a chewy texture.
もっちりした食感のアイスが好き。
・Your skin is so sticky smooth, it doesn’t seem to be associated with dry skin.
乾燥肌とは無縁そうな、もっちり肌だね。
Dogmatic Opinion
Texture similar to rice cakes.
Daifuku’s texture and touch.
No one eats a rice cake and says, “Mochi is so “Mocchiri”.
It has the right amount of fleshiness and moisture on the human skin (especially on the cheeks), and feels like it is being absorbed into the palm of the hand.
Mozzarella cheese is also “Mocchiri”. A miracle of Italian and Japanese.
Proximate Expression
chewy
elastic
sticky
