餅を二分して食紅（しょくべに）で赤く着色したものを紅白餅として祝う風習があるが、一生を二分するのは不遜として紅白に分けない場合もある。例文帳に追加

There is a custom that this mochi is divided into two of which one is colored in red with shokubeni (red coloring agent for food), and the two are celebrated as kohaku-mochi (mochi in red and white, the lucky color combination), however, in some cases, the mochi is not divided into red and white pieces because to divide the whole life into two is insolent.発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

節分の「追儺式鬼法楽」は通称「鬼おどり」、赤青黒の鬼に紅白の餅と豆を投げて悪霊退散を祈願する例文帳に追加

The 'Tsuinashiki Onihoraku,' commonly known as 'Oniodori' (demon dance) held on Setsubun in which red and white mochi and beans are thrown at red, black and blue demons to pray for the casting out of evil spirits.発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

室町時代の足利氏には正月に紅白の菱形の餅を食べる習慣があり、宮中に取り入れられて草餅と重ねて菱餅になったという説がある。例文帳に追加

There is another theory that it was a custom of the Ashikaga clan in the Muromachi period to eat red and white lozenge-shaped rice cakes during the New Year's holidays, and when these were introduced to the imperial court, a layer of kusa mochi was added, giving rise to hishi mochi.発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

また、単に紅白の餅、餅の表面に茹でた小豆をまぶしたものなど、地方により大豆、小豆、ササゲ、胡麻、栗、柿、飴など素材に差異がある。例文帳に追加

Beside a simply colored Inoko mochi cake in red or white and one covered with boiled azuki beans, there are many differently shaped and colored ones, using different materials such as soybeans, azuki beans, black-eyed peas, sesame seeds, chestnuts, persimmons, wheat glutens and so on, depending on the region.発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

地域によっては餅を三枚重ねたり、二段の片方を紅く着色して縁起が良いとされる紅白としたもの（石川県で見られる）、餅の替わりに砂糖で形作ったもの、細長く伸ばしたものを渦巻状に丸め、とぐろを巻いた白蛇に見立てたものなど様々なバリエーションが存在する。例文帳に追加

There are many variations of kagami-mochi; in some areas, three rice cakes are stacked up, or one of the two layers of rice cakes is colored red in order to represent kohaku (red and white), which is believed to be a good omen (in Ishikawa Prefecture), or shapes are created out of sugar instead of rice cakes, or rice cakes are shaped long and slender and made into a scroll so as to resemble a coiled, white snake.発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス