osechi; New Year's food
Abbreviation of お節料理. Refers to traditional Japanese dishes served in stacked boxes during the New Year's holidays.
See also: おせち料理
We eat osechi with the family on New Year's.
This year's osechi had especially delicious black soybeans.
My mother makes osechi every year at the end of the year.
We packed the finished osechi into tiered boxes.
In Japan, there's a custom of eating osechi during the New Year's holiday.
重箱 is the tiered box that おせち is served in, not the food itself, so learners sometimes mix up the container and the contents.
elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity · article; item; goods · counter for items (food, dishes, courses)
meddling; nosy; interfering · meddler; busybody
Kana spelling is standard for this abbreviation; the kanji form お節 is also used but less common.
Kanji spelling, sometimes seen in formal contexts or on packaging.
Search-only kanji form; rarely used in modern writing.
Abbreviation of お節料理 (osechi ryōri), literally 'seasonal dishes'. The word 節 (sechi) originally referred to seasonal festivals, and the prefix お is honorific.