popular  search-only kana form  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  food, cooking  usually written using kana alone  go (game) 

• grasping, gripping, grasp, grip, clutch
• handful, fistful
• handle, grip, knob
• onigiri, rice ball
• nigirizushi, hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
• determining who plays with black by grabbing a handful of stones and guessing whether the number of stones is odd or even

popular  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  food, cooking 

• strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom
• kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern
• cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern
• Naruto (city in Tokushima)
• Naruto Strait
• Naruto wakame

popular  noun  noun (generic)  food, cooking  abbreviation  martial arts  counter 

• tying up, binding, fastening, tightening
• total, sum
• conclusion (e.g. of a gathering), end, finish, rounding off
• final meal after a drinking party
• dish made after eating a hot pot by adding rice or noodles to the leftover broth
• deadline, closing, cut-off
• choking technique (in judo), stranglehold
• closure mark
• counter for bundles (of wood, cotton, etc.)
• counter for reams of 2000 sheets of Japanese writing paper

popular  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  food, cooking 

• pottery, earthenware, ceramics, porcelain, china
• yakimono, flame-broiled food (esp. fish), grilled dish
• tempered blade

popular  search-only kanji form  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  obsolete term  mahjong 

• yakitori, chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
• grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow)
• failing to win a single hand during a half-game

popular  rarely used kanji form  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

popular  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  poetical term  food, cooking 

• stone paving, cobble paving, sett, flagstone
• stone steps
• check (pattern)
• pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• dango, dumpling (usu. sweet), doughboy
• ball-shaped object, something round
• lump, group, bunch, knot, tight crowd

popular  noun  noun (generic)  food, cooking  sumo 

• protrusion, projection
• hors d'oeuvre, appetizer, snack (served with a drink)
• frontal thrust out (winning technique), pushing one's opponent out of the ring

popular  irregular okurigana  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• yakisoba, fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat