noun:

• furikake put on rice to make it blue, which is said to act as an appetite suppressant - colloquialism ➜ ふりかけ

noun:

• pota pota yaki (var. of senbei (rice cracker) coated with a sweet soy-sauce glaze on top)

noun:

• tamago kake gohan; raw egg mixed with white rice, often seasoned with soy sauce

noun:

• wooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayaura divination ➜ 粥占

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to support; to back up; to rally round
• to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale)
• to bring up; to raise

adverbial noun:

• one turn; one round
• (a) size

~する noun:

• to go around; to make a circuit; to take a turn

adverbial noun:

• twelve years; one cycle of the Chinese zodiac

noun:

• steaming basket (traditionally clay or wood) ➜ 蒸篭
• steaming vat (for steaming rice in sake production) ［こしき］

noun:

• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - Food term ➜ ばら寿司【ばらずし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】

noun:

• ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year - Shintō term

noun:

• regional official responsible for rice storage (under the Yamato court) - archaism
• Inagi (lowest of the eight hereditary titles) ➜ 八色の姓

noun:

• crow dipper (Pinellia tuber) ➜ カラスビシャク
• 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day - abbreviation ➜ 半夏生

noun:

• blade; sword
• forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades ➜ 刃文【はもん】
• sharpness
• unhulled rice - obscure term ➜ 籾

noun:

• Kanemi rice oil disease (of 1968); Kanemi oil PCB poisoning

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to cut and hang down; to cut shorter
• to round down (e.g. fraction)

noun:

• going on an alms round (for food); going begging (for food); going to ask for alms of food; pindacara - Buddhism term

adverb / pronoun:

• this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

adverb:

• around; about; round about; roughly; nearly; almost ［かれこれ］

noun:

• rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya)
• grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)

noun:

• any god of foodstuffs
• Uka-no-Mitama (god of rice) ➜ 稲魂

noun:

• C3 plant (any plant, such as rice, that uses C3 carbon fixation)

noun:

• mochi soaked in water (to protect against mold); rice cakes preserved in water

noun:

• sticking chopsticks upright into a bowl of rice (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 一本箸

noun:

• sweetfish sushi; ayu sushi; belly of sweetfish salted, pickled and served on rice

noun:

• speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green
• recruiting of university students before the agreed date

noun:

• var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw
• pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant

noun:

• Java sparrow; Java rice finch (Lonchura oryzivora, Padda oryzivora)