List: food, cooking

gairaigo  Chinese origin  search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• shumai, shaomai, steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)

rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)

search-only kanji form  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  vulgar expression or word  slang 

• oyakodon, bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg
• threesome including a parent and child

food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb 

• boiling in (plain or lightly salted) water, boiled food

irregular okurigana  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)

obsolete term  adverb  noun  noun (generic)  food, cooking 

• sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July)
• June, sixth month of Gregorian calendar
• triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month)

interjection  usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• well done!, bravo!
• zenzai, red bean soup made with azuki beans

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

• light snow, light snowfall, thin layer of snow
• jellied dessert made of beaten egg white, agar and sugar

usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• chikuwa, tube-shaped fish paste cake

electricity, elec. eng.  noun  noun (generic)  food, cooking 

• series winding
• pre-applied seaweed wrapping