popular  gikun or jukujikun  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  food, cooking 

• buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
• soba, Japanese buckwheat noodles
• Chinese-style wheat noodles

popular  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  food, cooking 

• ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples
• rice dance, rice festival
• tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides

popular  JLPT N5  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• (hard) candy, toffee
• rice-sugar, sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.
• amber, yellowish-brown

popular  abbreviation  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial 

• tempura donburi, tempura served over a bowl of rice
• (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line

gairaigo  Chinese origin  popular  rarely used kana form  search-only kana form  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• gyoza, pot sticker, crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables

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

• nigirizushi, hand-pressed vinegared rice topped with seafood

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

• chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce

popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  computing 

• cookie, biscuit
• cookie, browser cookie

popular  JLPT N4  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• cake

gairaigo  Portuguese origin  Dutch origin  popular  search-only kana form  JLPT N4  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• salad