popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  slang  abbreviation  business  historical term 

• finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first), mince
• hitting (e.g. a drum), striking, beating, person who strikes something
• bashing, criticizing, attacking
• robbery, extortion
• springboard for discussion, draft proposal, tentative plan
• whipping (Edo-period punishment), lashing, flogging

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

• takoyaki, octopus dumplings

popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• gyudon, rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion

popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

• minced meat or fish that is seasoned and fried (usu. served on top of rice)
• tattered, ragged, tangled
• fine, small

popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• hot pot stew made with offal, vegetables and (often) miso

gairaigo  Russian origin  popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• salted salmon roe

popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• omelette, omelet

gairaigo  Portuguese origin  popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• castella (type of sponge cake)

popular  abbreviation  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried), katsu

gairaigo  Portuguese origin  popular  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• honeycomb toffee, sponge toffee, foam candy from heated brown sugar mixed with baking soda