noun:

• one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc. - slang
• takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away - polite language ➜ 持ち帰り【もちかえり】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to depend on somebody for food and lodging - idiom
• to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position - idiom

noun:

• drinker; person fond of alcohol (as opposed to sweets) ➜ 甘党
• person fond of spicy food - colloquialism

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

noun:

• shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell) - abbreviation ➜ 栄螺の壺焼き
• food cooked in a crockpot

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to go to prison; to serve a prison term; to eat foul-smelling food [literal]

noun:

• no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.); no eating or drinking

expression / noun:

• food to fill one's stomach; something to satisfy one's hunger

noun:

• good flavor (flavour); good taste; deliciousness
• umami (fifth category of taste in food)
• skill; cleverness; charm; attractiveness
• profit; gain; benefit; advantage

noun:

• food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu) - Food term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)

noun:

• packed meal; packed food; packed lunch; bag lunch

noun:

• meal with family members eating separate foods
• eating alone (not with one's family)
• food sold in single servings ［個食・こ食］

noun:

• Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food ➜ 和食
• Japanized Western cuisine

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning - idiom
• to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

noun:

• businesses offering food and entertainment; cabaret, club, gambling and restaurant businesses
• sex industry; sex-related businesses

noun / ~する noun:

• trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour
• walking while eating; eating while walking

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

adjective:

• light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) Antonym: 重い
• light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile
• non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial
• slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke)
• easy; simple
• indiscriminate ➜ 口が軽い

noun:

• lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems) [literal] - idiom ➜ 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし

noun:

• twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• digestion (of food)
• digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding
• consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion
• losing one's form and turning into something else - orig. meaning - archaism

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to bolt down one's food; to gulp down; to eat quickly ➜ 掻っ込む【かっこむ】
• to carry under the arm; to rake in; to scoop up ➜ 掻い込む

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• drinking like a fish and eat like a horse; eating mountains of food and drink oceans of liquor - four character idiom

noun:

• stir-frying then boiling in liquid sauce; food that has been stir-fried and boiled in liquid sauce