(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
cooking; food preparation
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
flour; meal; powder; dust
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
paste (form); (as a) paste
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
near oneself; close to one; familiar
fifth day of the month; five days
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
chipped stone tool; flaked stone tool
archeological excavation (archaeological)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
residence; abode; dwelling
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Shikoku region (incl. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures)
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe