noun:

• plant foot treatment (stump, root) - obscure term

noun:

• first-class rice

noun:

• Japanese sweets made with glutinous rice and azuki bean paste

noun:

• ornamental plant used primarily for the visual effect of its fruit

noun:

• reduction in area of rice under cultivation

noun:

• aromatic rice; fragrant rice

noun:

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

noun:

• plant community

noun:

• coarse rice powder

noun:

• Japan, the Land of Abundant Rice

noun:

• Hainanese chicken rice - From Thai "khao man kai"

noun:

• rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day) - Food term

noun:

• vascular plant

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to plant oneself; to settle in
• to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root

noun:

• rice field (usu. small) - archaism

noun:

• black-market rice

noun:

• rice miso; miso fermented with malted rice ➜ 味噌

noun:

• rice that has browned (due to age)
• variety of low-quality foreign rice
• red rice (ancient variety of rice); red-kerneled rice

noun:

• rice polishing

noun:

• rice cakes (mochi) with Kinako - Food term

noun:

• rice ball wrapped in pickled leaf mustard greens ➜ 高菜・目を見張る

noun:

• top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less ➜ 精米歩合【せいまいぶあい】

noun:

• bed of salted rice bran used for pickling ➜ 糠漬け【ぬかづけ】

noun:

• rice cake

noun:

• flour made from parched rice or barley (can be mixed in hot water and drunk)