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膳ぜんCommon wordN1Nounssmall individual dining table; legged serving tray · meal; food; serving · bowlful of rice (counter) · pair of chopsticks (counter)
配膳はいぜんNounssetting the table; arranging dishes
お膳立ておぜんだてNounssetting the table; laying the table · setting up; making arrangements; paving the way
御膳ごぜんNounsmeal (honorific) · Emperor's meal; meal of a noble · high-quality; premium (food/drink)
膳所ぜんしょNounskitchen
据え膳すえぜんNounsmeal set before one; prepared meal · women's advances; sexual invitation
一膳いちぜんNounsbowl (of rice) · pair (of chopsticks)
一の膳いちのぜんNounsfirst course at a banquet
一膳飯いちぜんめしNounsbowl of rice; single serving of rice · bowl of rice placed by the pillow of the recently deceased
一膳飯屋いちぜんめしやNounssimple and inexpensive restaurant; diner
上げ膳あげぜんNounsplacing a meal before someone; serving a meal
上げ膳据え膳あげぜんすえぜんExpressionsbeing waited on hand and foot; having everything done for one
下膳さげぜんNounsclearing away dishes; clearing the table
二の膳にのぜんNounssecond tray of side dishes; side dish (in a multi-course meal)
会席膳かいせきぜんNounselaborate dinner tray
内膳司ないぜんしNounsoffice in charge of the Emperor's meals (ritsuryō system)
和食膳わしょくぜんNounstray of traditional Japanese food
四の膳よのぜんExpressionsfourth tray (of food)
ダイゼンだいぜんNounsblack-bellied plover; grey plover
客膳きゃくぜんNounslow tray of food for guests
御膳蕎麦ごぜんそばNounshigh-quality soba; premium buckwheat noodles
御膳汁粉ごぜんじるこNounsstrained red bean soup with mochi
据え膳食わぬすえぜんくわぬExpressionsshameful to reject a woman's advances
据え膳食わぬは男の恥すえぜんくわぬはおとこのはじExpressionsit is shameful to reject a woman's advances; a man who spurns a woman's invitation is shameful
本膳ほんぜんNounsmain course (formal meal) · high-grade full-course Japanese meal (abbr. of 本膳料理)
本膳料理ほんぜんりょうりNounsformal multi-course Japanese meal served all at once on legged trays
珍膳ちんぜんNounsrare delicacy; uncommon and delicious meal
箱膳はこぜんNounsbox table; tableware box used as a personal dining table
おぜんNounsfour-legged tray for festive food
膳立てぜんだてNounssetting the table; laying the table · setting up; making arrangements; paving the way
膳越しぜんごしNounsrudely reaching across one's tray with chopsticks
膳部ぜんぶNounsfood served on a table; dinner; cover charge · cook; chef; person who prepares food
薬膳やくぜんNounsmedicinal cuisine; food therapy
配膳人はいぜんにんNounswaiter; server
配膳口はいぜんぐちNounsservice hatch; pass-through
配膳台はいぜんだいNounsserving table; serving stand
配膳室はいぜんしつNounspantry; serving room
銘々膳めいめいぜんNounsindividual dining table; personal tray table
陪膳ばいぜんNounsserving food to a nobleman; nobleman's server
陰膳かげぜんNounstray for an absent person