粕

dregs; sediment; grounds; meal

Often 粕

lees (esp. sake)

leftovers; by-product

worthless item; junk

dregs (e.g. of society); scum; dross

Hanafuda

1-point card

shōchū made from sake lees

low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)

Food, cooking

fish or vegetables pickled in sake lees

shōchū made from sake lees

residue; remnants; dregs

leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers

food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food

thick amazake; thick sweet sake

strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff

miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs

Colloquial

worthless thing; good-for-nothing

Colloquial

child who is left out of games; child who is made light of; child treated unequally by peers

sake lees

shavings; filings

soup made with sake lees

sake lees

oil cake; scrap cake

oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs)

油かす only; Food, cooking

deep-fried meat (esp. beef offal) resembling a pork rind

eraser dust; eraser shavings; eraser crumbs

fish meal

bean cake; soybean (oil) meal

dried and pressed boiled herring (used as fertilizer)

residue (e.g. from sugar cane or beets)

sake lees with black or brown specks (from oxidation enzymes produced by the yeast)

fish fertilizer; fertilizer made from fish scraps

soy sauce lees; soy sauce cake

soybean cake