bread-centered diet (as opposed to rice)
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
rice that has browned (due to age); variety of low-quality foreign rice; red rice (ancient variety of rice); red-kerneled rice
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
baby talk (e.g. "choo-choo" for train); words and speech patterns used by infants
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
mantou; (Chinese) steamed bun
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
steamed bun with sesame oil and anko filling
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
sashimi with skin still attached
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring