doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
signs of defeat; negative turn of events
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to make a list; to enumerate
sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water; watery mash left over from making soy sauce
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
fatty cut (esp. of tuna belly)
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)