noun / suffix noun:

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

noun:

• Cercidiphyllaceae; monotypic plant family containing the katsura trees ➜ 桂【かつら】

noun:

• straw paper; rice paper

noun:

• tangible fixed assets; tangible property; property, plant and equipment; PPE

expression:

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

noun:

• himedaka; gold-colored breed of the Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes) ➜ メダカ

noun:

• oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold) - Food term ➜ 押し鮨【おしずし】

noun:

• nuclear crisis; nuclear power-plant crisis

noun:

• edible grass (for insects); larval food plant

noun:

• fukagawa-meshi; rice cooked with clams

noun:

• aphid; plant louse
• cockroach - Kansai dialect ➜ ゴキブリ
• Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus) - obscure term ➜ 油蝙蝠
• hanger-on; parasite
• visitor to a red-light district who's only there to look - archaism

noun:

• oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold) - Food term

noun:

• bai zhi (Chinese name for angelica species Angelica dahurica); traditional Chinese cure made from the root of this plant ➜ 鎧草
• Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed) ➜ 花独活

noun:

• first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant
• first menstruation ［はつはな］
• woman who has just reached adulthood ［はつはな］

noun:

• dairy; milk plant

noun:

• shako meshi; rice cooked with shrimp ➜ 蝦蛄

noun:

• spinning mill; filature; thread-manufacturing plant; silk mill

noun:

• ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60% - abbreviation ➜ 吟醸酒

noun:

• tea gruel; tea flavoured rice gruel

noun:

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

noun:

• formation; classification of plant communities - Botany term

noun:

• katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice ➜ カツ

noun:

• harvested grain; harvested rice ears

noun:

• factory mark; manufacturing plant identification mark (on goods)

noun:

• omurice; omelet with a filling of seasoned fried rice (omelette) - abbreviation