(idiomatic) to break the ice; to broach a subject; to begin a conversation

gossip, small talk

gossip, rumor

Nagoya dialect

Tōhoku dialect

(slang) eating one's bento (packed lunch) before lunchtime (usually applied to middle and high school students)

Kyaraben, a style of elaborately arranged bento (Japanese boxed lunch) which features food decorated to look like people, characters from popular media, animals, and plants.

red iron oxide / a kind of cloth first imported from Bengal during the Edo period, made using silk for the warp threads and cotton for the weft

the Tochigi dialect of Japanese

the Ibaraki dialect of Japanese