膳

Meaning

膳 centers on a small, low table or tray used for serving food, especially in traditional Japanese settings. The meanings are closely linked to the physical object itself.

• 膳ぜん
  N1

  small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs)

• 配膳はいぜん

  setting a place; setting the table

• お膳立ておぜんだて

  setting the table; laying the table

• 御膳ごぜん

  meal

• 膳所ぜんしょ

  kitchen

• 据え膳すえぜん

  meal set before one

• お膳おぜん

  four-legged tray for festive food

• 一の膳いちのぜん

  1st course at a banquet

• 一膳いちぜん

  bowl (of rice)

• 一膳飯いちぜんめし

  bowl of rice; single serving of rice

• 一膳飯屋いちぜんめしや

  simple and inexpensive restaurant; diner

• 上げ膳あげぜん

  placing a meal in front of one

• 上げ膳据え膳あげぜんすえぜん

  taking care of everything; no need to do anything

• 下膳さげぜん

  clearing up leftover food and dishes

• 二の膳にのぜん

  side dish

• 会席膳かいせきぜん

  elaborate dinner tray

• 内膳司ないぜんし

  office in charge of the Emperor's meals (ritsuryō system)

• 和食膳わしょくぜん

  tray of traditional Japanese food

• 四の膳よのぜん

  fourth tray (of food)

• 大膳だいぜん

  black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

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