Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verbto hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)

NounEcklonia cava (species of brown alga)

Nounrice polishing (removing the shell of brown rice to leave white rice)

Noundark indigo (almost black)

Noun30% polished rice

Nounpolishing wheat

Nounmortar (for pounding rice)

Nounrice polishing

Nounpounding mochi

Nounclick beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)

Nounlight-brown rice; half-polished rice; partially polishing rice

Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verbto pound (rice, etc.)

Nounpolished rice

Nounstamp mill; stamping mill; stamp battery

Nounsand bubbler crab (Scopimera globosa)

Noun(Japanese) red click beetle (Denticollis nipponicus)

Nounseventy percent polished rice

Nounhalf-polished rice

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'freshly pounded (rice cake); fresh from the mortar

Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verbto clash; to collide; to conflict; to coincide · to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into

NounEcklonia cava (species of brown alga)

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto hit and break open; to crush; to smash

Nouncrushed ice; chipped ice

Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verbto grind up; to grind down; to pound; to crush; to mash; to stamp (ore)

Nounsoldier crab (Mictyris brevidactylus)

Ichidan verbto pound together; to mix together

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto rush (one's opponent) from below with arms folded; to perform kachiage

NounOriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea) · click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae) · obsequious person