cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
evening meal; dinner; supper
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
vinegared rice; rice prepared for sushi
meal eaten without doing any work; unearned food; (fig.) living idly
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook
cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor
cooked rice; something one never grows tired of
rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot
round, wooden container for cooked rice
simple and inexpensive restaurant; diner
Ikameshi (rice-filled squid); stuffed squid
glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans
eating alone; eating by oneself
food porn (i.e. appetizing pictures of food); terrorizing people by posting food porn
to depend on someone for food and lodging; to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position
very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; (lit.) more important than three meals a day
rice with minced sea bream (tai)
rice boiled in tea flavored with sake and shoyu
hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)
having lunch in a toilet cubicle by oneself
female cook; kitchenmaid; (arch.) woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses
rice boiled with adzuki beans
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
ne'er-do-well; waster; idler; good-for-nothing
dude food; food that is (stereotypically) appealing to men
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
losing one's means of livelihood
rice boiled with soy sauce and sake
steamed rice with millet; boiled rice with millet
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
bowl used for serving rice
campsite food; food cooked and eaten while camping; camp cooking
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
bad cooking; bad food; sadness at seeing the happiness of others
bowl of rice; single serving of rice; bowl of rice placed by the pillow of the recently deceased
rice cooked together with oyster meat, etc.
rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
good-luck meal (eaten before a competition, etc.)
(Edo-period inn) maidservant
rice cooked with matsutake
schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others
rice with other ingredients poured on top
rice covered with beef and vegetables
rice with grilled mushrooms
cooked rice placed at the bedside or grave of the deceased
dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes; (lit.) cat food
crudely made zori with straw fastenings
steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it); mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions)
fukagawa-meshi; rice cooked with clams
canned meal (e.g. military ration)
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
single serving of rice (esp. as prison food)
cooked rice with yam bulblets
good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; idler; person who does nothing useful
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
twice-boiled rice (for sick persons)
rice with dried daikon leaves
rice washed in cold water; dried rice soaked in water to soften
trusting a cat with milk; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; (lit.) (giving) rice boiled with adzuki beans to a fox
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
to let cooked rice steam after turning off the heat
soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate
cutlet and rice combo meal
conversing in a foreign language while eating; Western dish; Western food