donburi (a Japanese rice bowl dish consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice)

the real thing (of an event or action); getting serious / (entertainment) performance or (actual) recording (as opposed to a rehearsal)

a Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

a Japanese wolf, Canis lupus hodophilax

Synonym of 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, “Japanese fire belly newt”)

a Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus)

Japanese mint (Mentha canadensis)

expected winner / most desired, favorite

Kyūjitai form of 日本学: Japanology

the heavenly stem and earthly branch of a person's birth year