食

Dated term

defense rations

Obsolete term

restaurant; eatery

Rare term; From Mencius

receiving with food and drink (e.g. troops); baskets of rice and vessels of congee

Obsolete term; Law

brothel

Rare term

to burst out in anger

Rare term; From the Analects of Confucius

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

Rare term

gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)

Obsolete term

to clench (one's teeth); to bite (one's lip)

Rare term

incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister

Rare term

tarantula (any spider of family Theraphosidae)

Rare term

bird spider (Avicularia avicularia)

Idiomatic expression; Rare term

an idiot will swallow anything; an idiot will believe anything they hear; fools act without thinking

Rare term

food poisoning

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

eating like a dog; eating greedily with one's head down; sloppy eating; eating from a bowl without picking it up (when using chopsticks)

Archaic

dogfighting

New Year food for entertaining a guest served in multilayered lacquered boxes

Archaic; Edo name

Kansai New Year decoration (made from food)

Historical term

beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine

Derogatory; Archaic

successful but stingy merchants from Ise

to eat; to drink

to wear (clothing)

to govern; to rule

vegetarian diet; vegetarian food

a god of food

Inari (god of harvests); Uka-no-Mitama (god of food, esp. rice)

ほいとう only

being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple)

ほいとう only

serving food; food served

begging; beggar

humble fare; simple meal

bamboo dish of rice

salary; stipend

stipend (usu. paid in kind); salary

to know; to be aware (of)

to rule; to reign over