巻

Food, cooking

ehōmaki; uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun for good luck

sleeved quilt; futon with sleeves; cotton padded nightwear

Food, cooking

fresh spring roll (i.e. not fried); summer roll; Vietnamese salad roll

curling inwards (esp. the tips of one's hair)

sword with a very long grip

many scrolls; many books

second volume (of three); second book; volume two; book two

spiral pattern

to wind (e.g. a watch)

Idiomatic expression

to give (someone) a good prodding; to make (someone) shape up

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

rolling by hand (e.g. sushi roll, cigarette); winding by hand (e.g. watch)

Abbreviation; Food, cooking

hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped)

Abbreviation

windup watch; mechanical watch

scarf; muffler

cigarette

reel for a spare bowstring

Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder

Historical term

ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear

Historical term

Meiji-period women's hairstyle with hair twisted into a knot on top of the head and held in place with a pin

揚巻 only

type of dance in kabuki

揚巻 only; Sumo

knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring

Abbreviation; Word usually written using kana alone

constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam

ringlets; ringlet curls; sausage curls

something rolled in paper; paper roll

Abbreviation

cigarette

Food, cooking

battleship sushi; gunkan maki; sushi made by wrapping a strip of nori around a rice ball with a topping

spiral; helical

counterclockwise; anti-clockwise

eccentric; abnormal

Food, cooking

cucumber sushi wrapped in nori; cucumber makizushi

white hairband

rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (a thin roll of makizushi, a cigarette, etc.)

clockwise