expression:

• kome hyappyo; (ideal of) enduring pain today for the sake of a better tomorrow; hundred sacks of rice [literal] - idiom

noun:

• three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups ➜ 三三九度
• sake (secret language of court ladies); rice wine ➜ 女房詞

noun:

• Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis)
• 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day

noun:

• azuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases)

noun:

• children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

noun:

• stone-roasted bibimbap; Korean style rice (bibimbap) heated in a stone pot

noun:

• var. of mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste (famous product of Kagoshima)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to cook (grains, e.g. rice)
• to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe - Kansai dialect ➜ 煮る

noun:

• box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables) - abbreviation ➜ 幕の内弁当
• highest-ranking division - Sumo term ➜ 幕内
• intermission (between acts); interlude

noun:

• clothing to absorb dampness after bathing; yukata
• twice-boiled rice (for sick persons) - abbreviation ➜ 湯取り飯【ゆとりめし】
• scoop for removing bilge water; bailer - archaism

noun / suffix noun:

• fish, meat, vegetables, etc. pickled in kōji and salt; food pickled in malted rice ➜ 麹【こうじ】

noun:

• rice gruel with mochi - Food term
• azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month - Food term

noun:

• grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch
• handful; fistful
• handle; grip; knob
• rice ball - abbreviation ➜ 握り飯・お握り【おにぎり】
• nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc. - abbreviation

noun:

• rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern - Food term
• geese alighting

noun:

• minced meat or fish with soy sauce, etc. (served on rice) - Food term

noun / adjectival noun:

• shred (e.g. old clothing falling apart); tangle (objects twisted together); thin slices (esp. food)

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• crushed flat; flattened; squashed; flat-topped - onomatopoeia

noun:

• flat-chested girl - colloquialism - manga slang
• sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something - onomatopoeia

noun:

• tea gruel; tea flavoured rice gruel

noun:

• makizushi comprising mackerel fillet marinated in salt and vinegar, wrapped in rice and covered in shredded kombu - Food term

noun:

• oyakodon-like dish made with something other than chicken; bowl of rice with cooked meat (esp. beef or pork) and eggs on top - Food term ➜ 親子丼

noun:

• famous sword; sword blade by Masamune
• sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844) - colloquialism

noun:

• Asplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort) ➜ 大谷渡
• Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant) ➜ 隠れ蓑
• leaves used for serving or offering sake, rice, etc. ➜ 三角柏

noun:

• rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes
• gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets