^^; "The mirror" means a pair of round race rice cakes for New Year (Kagami mochi).

Opening the mirror from an after a period of abstinence (?) usually takes place on the January 11 (odd numbers are associated with being good luck in Japan).

The mochi has been displayed during over New Year's days and has gotten very hard.

We don't use a knife or use the word "cutting the mirror" because both the knife or and cutting has have negative connotations. For example, like "Hara-kiri" (Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment).

I hit mochi many times by with a hammer, but because it has is not been brittle yet so it bounded like a ball.

^^; "The mirror" is a pair of round rice cakes for New Year's (Kagami mochi).

Opening the mirror from an abstinence usually takes place on the January 11 (odd numbers are associated with being good luck in Japan).

The mochi has been displayed during the New Year's celebration and has gotten very hard.

We don't use a knife or use the words "cutting the mirror," because both the knife and the idea of cutting have negative connotations, like "Hara-kiri" (Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment).

I hit the mochi many times with the hammer because it wasn't brittle yet, so it bounced like a ball.

I've gotten a hand-ache. (I don't think many people would say this in English. Instead, they would probably say something like, "Now my hand hurts," or "Now I've got an ache in my hand.")

I've gotten hand-ache. [[I think this is a good correction. Because I incessantly make puns, I can easily tell you that this translates. *laugh* And someone who makes puns - i.e., yours truly - would also say it this way.]]