to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
green beefsteak plant; green perilla
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
government office; agency; board
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
broad bean (Vicia faba); horse bean; fava bean
Aster yomena (Asiatic species of aster)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
inner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
rice cooked with matsutake
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
rice with grilled mushrooms
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
konnyaku cut into fine threads; konjac noodles
round, wooden container for cooked rice
shiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
mallard (Anas platyrhynchos); mallard duck
green-winged teal (species of duck, Anas crecca)
shellfish; seashell; shell
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation