noun
set meal; meal set; daily special
A fixed restaurant meal served as a set, often including rice, miso soup, a main dish, and side dishes. It can also refer to the day's special set meal on a menu.
昼は焼き魚定食を頼んだ。
For lunch, I ordered the grilled fish set meal.
今日の定食はチキンカツです。
Today's set meal is chicken cutlet.
A broad loanword for a set or combo; 定食 specifically refers to a Japanese-style fixed meal at a restaurant.
Often means lunch or a lunch special; 定食 can be served at any time and emphasizes the fixed meal set.
Refers to à la carte dishes ordered individually, in contrast to 定食 as a complete set meal.
A Sino-Japanese compound written with 定, associated with something fixed or set, and 食, food or meal; the spelling transparently matches the meaning 'fixed meal.'