rice plant (Oryza sativa)
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
rice (esp. when served on a plate)
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
cooking; food preparation
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
process; course; mechanism
burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
burst of laughter; roar of laughter; in copious amounts
both sides; two sides; double-sided
rhinitis; coryza; nasal inflammation
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
each; (arch.) you (plural)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of