喝食かっしき

noun

meal announcer (Zen monastery); announcing meals (Zen monastery)

Buddhist term: the role of a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery, or the act of doing so.

• 禅ぜん寺でらでは、喝かっ食しきが食しょく事じの開かい始しを告つげる。

  At a Zen temple, the meal announcer proclaims the start of the meal.

noun

Noh mask of a young meal announcer

Noh mask depicting a young boy who serves as a meal announcer in a Zen monastery; used in certain Noh plays.

• 能のう面めんの喝かっ食しきは、少しょう年ねんの面おも影かげを残のこしている。

  The Noh mask of the meal announcer retains the features of a young boy.