noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu

noun / ~の noun:

• centre; center; middle; heart
• metropolis; capital city; central government Antonym: 地方【ちほう】

noun:

• strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom - from 鳴門海峡
• kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門巻き
• cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern - Food term
• Naruto; city in NE Tokushima pref ［鳴門］
• Naruto Strait ［鳴門］ - from 鳴門海峡 - abbreviation
• Naruto wakame ［鳴門］ - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門若布【なるとわかめ】

noun:

• Okinawa (prefecture); region comprising most of Japan's southwestern archipelago (esp. Okinawa Island) ➜ 琉球
• Okinawa (city)

godan ~く verb:

• to spread out; to lay out
• to take a position
• to impose widely (e.g. over a city) ➜ 法令を敷く

noun:

• midsummer - obscure term
• China; Chinese ➜ 中華
• capital (city, town)