List: food, cooking

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

• yōkan, jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• food cooked on a grill in front of customers

gairaigo  Chinese origin  popular  usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• Chinese-style fried rice

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

• draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo), colander, strainer, sieve
• something full of holes
• zaru soba
• strong drinker, someone who can drink like a fish

irregular reading  search-only kanji form  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  idiomatic expression 

• boiled octopus
• person with red flushed skin

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

• konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac), konjac, devil's tongue
• konnyaku jelly, konjac jelly, devil's tongue jelly

JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  food, cooking  abbreviation 

• hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm), graupel
• dicing, small cubes
• roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)

popular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• udon, thick Japanese wheat noodles

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

• sea urchin
• seasoned sea urchin eggs

popular  search-only kana form  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  music  vulgar expression or word  slang 

• small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice), side dish
• fill, fill-in (drumming)
• jack-off material, something to masturbate to