| Japan | Common name | Alternative name(s) | Botanical name |
| Agi, Asafetida, Hin | Asafoetida | devil's dung; stinking gum; asant; food of the gods; Kaayam | Ferula assafoetida |
| Amerika neri, Kiku kimo, Okura | Okra | Bindi, Fingers Ladies, Gobo, Gombo, Gumbo, Ladies Finger, Ladies´ fingers, Lady´s finger, Lady´s-Fingers, Okra, Wild Okra | Abelmoschus esculentus |
| Anisu | Anise | Sweet cumin; Aniseed | Pimpinella anisum |
| Asatuki, Chaibu, Ezonegi | Chinese chive flowers | Allium schoenoprasum L | |
| Burakku-kumin | Black Cumin. | (i) Bunium persicum | |
| Gajutu | Chinese keys | fingerroot | Boesenbergia rotunda |
| Gajutu | Finger Root | Chinese keys; Lesser Ginger | Boosenbergia rotunda |
| Gekkeiju, Roreru | Indian Bay leaf | Lauris nobilis (Folia Lauri) | |
| goya | bitter melon | bitter gourd | Momordica charantia |
| Gurukiruriza Gurabura, Kanzo, Kanzou, Nankin-Kanzo, Rikorisu, Rosou, You Kanzou | Liquorice root | Black Sugar, Common Licorice, Common Liquorice, Cultivated Licorice, Kahles Sssholz, Kahles S�ssholz, Licorice, Licorice-Root, Liquorice, Russian Liquorice, Spanish Juice, Spanish Liquorice, Sweet Licorice, Sweet Wood, True Licorice | Glycyrrhiza glabra |
| Hime Hira Take, Tamogi Take, Tamogitake | oyster mushroom | Branched Oyster Fungus, Branched Oyster Mushroom, Cornucopia Mushroom | Pleurotus ostreatus |
| Himeuikyō, Himeuikyo, Kyarawei | Caraway Seeds | Meridian Fennel; Persian Cumin | Carum carvi |
| Ingen Mame | Kidney Beans | Bean, Common Bean, Common Bean;bean, Common Haricot, Dry Bean, Dwarf Bean, Frash Bean, French Bean, Frijol, Garden Bean, Green Bean, Habichuela, Haricot, Haricot Bean, Haricot Commun, Haricot Francais, Haricots Carapatte, Haricots De Bourbon, Haricots Pales, Haricots Panaches, Haricots Tachetes, Haricots Varies, Haricots Violets, Mange-Tout, Pois, Rose Family Dry Bean, Runner Bean, Snap Bean, String Bean, Wax Bean | Phaseolus vulgaris |
| Ishiru; Shottsuru; Ikanago shoyu | fish sauce | ||
| Kare-rihu; Nanyozansiyo; Nanyozansiyo | Curry Leaf | Sweet Neem leaves | Murraya koenigii |
| Karudamon, Shōzuku, Shozuku | Cardamom | White Cardamom | Elettaria cardamomum |
| Koruha; Fenu-guriku | Fenugreek seed | Trigonella foenum-graecum | |
| Kumin, Umazeri | Cumin (seed) | Cuminum cyminum | |
| Kuro Tanetsou, Nigera, Nijeera, Nijiera; Beul-Raeg-Ku-Min, Dae-Hoe-Hyang, Heug-Jong-Co, Ni-Gel-Ra, Nigella, Pullaek-Kumin, Tae-Hoehyang | Nigella seeds | Wild Onion seeds; black cumin seeds; Black Caraway, Black Cumin, Black Onion Seed, Black Seed, Black-Caraway, Black-Cumin, Blackseed, Falsely Black Cumin, Fennel Flower, Fennel-Flower, Gith, Nigella, Nutmeg Flower, Nutmeg Plant, Nutmeg-Flower, Onion Seed, Roman Coriander, Roman-Coriander | |
| kurobu | Cloves | Syzygium aromaticum | |
| Kuro-garashi, Burakku-masutado | Black Mustard seeds | Brown mustard seed, Indian mustard | Brassica nigra |
| Mesu, Natumegu, Nikuzuku | Nutmeg & Mace. | Nutmeg, Nutmeg Tree | from: Myristica fragrans |
| Ninniku; Garikku | Garlic | Stinking Rose; | Allium sativum |
| Nioi Tako No Ki, Nioi-Takonoki | Pandan leaves | Fragrant Pandan, Fragrant Screwpine Indonesian Screwpine, Pandan Rampeh, Scented Pandan, Screw Pine, Screw Tree, Umbrella Tree | P. amaryllifolius |
| Paramitsu | Jackfruit | Jaca, Jack, Jack Fruit, Jackfruit Tree, Jak, Jak Fruit, Jak-Fruit, Langka, Nangka | Artocarpus heterophyllus |
| Sanshō; Kinome (fresh leaves); Ryōmenshin, Ryomenshin (Zanthoxylum nitidum) | Szechuan Pepper | Szetchwan pepper, Anise pepper, Sheguan pepper, Sprice pepper, Sichuan pepper, Chinese pepper, Japanese pepper | Xanthoxylum piperitum |
| Shiso | Perilla | Green Shiso; beefsteak plant | perilla fructescens |
| Shōga; Shoga; Jinja; Myōga; Myoga (Zingiber mioga) | Ginger | Ginger root; | Zingiber officinale |
| Sōka | Black Cardamom; | Nepal cardamom; Greater Indian cardamom | Amomum subulatum; Amomum costatum |
| Tamanegi; Wakegi; Onion | green onion | Spring Onion; salad onion; scallion | Allium wakegi |
| tōgan | Ash gourd | winter melon; white gourd; wax gourd | Benincasa hispida |
| Yasai Karasu Uri | Ivy Gourd | Gentlemen's Toes; Little Gourd; Baby Watermelon; | Coccinia grandis |
