fish meat pounded into a paste; surimi

a type of kamaboko that is made to look like a white bamboo leaf; a specialty of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

the seed spike or raceme of the cattail or bulrush plant

delicious, tasty, something that tastes good

to make [something] / to cook / to write a literary work / to grow, to raise / to cultivate ability, to train / to draw up, form, establish / to make an acquaintance

作る: make - make a small thing, grow vegetables / 創る: create - originate, bring into existence / 造る: build, construct - build a house, or a building

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

delicious, good, tasty

(idiomatic, especially a child) to be on the verge of tears

to use one's head