物

Food, cooking

chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce

vertical scroll

liquid; beverage; drink

food with high water content (esp. sorbet or fruit served as a dessert in a kaiseki dinner)

gamble; uncertain affair; matter of chance

natural features; scenery; a premium; gift

antique; historical object

pre-Meiji period drama; period piece

Philosophy

materialism

moulded objects; sculpted objects; modeled objects; formed objects

object; natural phenomenon; science of inanimate nature

failure to reach agreement

substitute article

Food, cooking

paste products (incl. sweets, fish paste, etc.)

parade float; procession

variety store

genuine article

stew; food cooked in a pot

seasonal goods; seasonal items

faddish product; vogue merchandise; product latching onto a craze

novel, film, play, etc. dealing with recent events or trends; work of ephemeral interest; writings of passing interest

public property

purification through fasting and abstinence

confinement to one's house on inauspicious days to avoid misfortune (Onmyōdō practice)

having nothing

Buddhism

being free of earthly attachments

person to be reckoned with; person of importance

one person; one character; someone

good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal

Animalia; animal kingdom

Art, aesthetics

still life (painting, drawing)

main attraction; special feature; big draw

freight car