List: food, cooking

popular  JLPT N4  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  derogatory  usually written using kana alone  slang  jocular, humorous term  expression 

• miso, fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans
• innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso
• key (main) point, good part (of something)
• weakling, weak person
• try

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

• makimono, handscroll, rolled book
• roll of cloth (for making a kimono)
• scarf, stole
• makizushi, rolled sushi

popular  ateji  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb 

• deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch, deep-fried food (esp. chicken)

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  food, cooking 

• unglazed pottery, bisque, bisque firing, biscuit ware
• roasting or grilling without seasoning (seafood, nuts, etc.)
• simple okonomiyaki without any extra ingredients

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

• sushi, range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.

popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• chazuke, cooked rice with green tea poured on it

popular  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  food, cooking 

• great fortune, good luck
• rice cake stuffed with bean jam

popular  historical term  derogatory  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix)  abbreviation  food, cooking 

• southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
• South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
• Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
• foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe), exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
• chili pepper
• nanban, dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
• thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)

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

• onigiri, rice ball

popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• abura-age, thin deep-fried slices of tofu
• deep-frying, deep-fried food