rice granules / coarse glutinous rice flour, often used in 菓子 (kashi, “candy”) production

outdoors

a Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane)

causing further loss when already failing to bring any benefit; backfiring

copper pot shaped like a kamado for boiling water (mainly used for warming up sake)

木の花: flower(s) blooming in a tree; an elegant label for 梅の花 (ume no hana, “plum blossoms”); an elegant label for 桜の花 (sakura no hana, “cherry blossoms”)

(Internet slang) fixed screenname; screenname that someone uses habitually

self-assertion

Alternative spelling of 小鯨 (“gray whale”)

Synonym of 克鯨 (kokukujira, “gray whale”)