斎さい食じき

noun

morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.)

Buddhist term for the morning meal taken by priests or monks, often in a temple setting.

• 僧そう侶りょたちは朝あさの勤ごん行ぎょうの後あと、斎さい食じきをとる。

  The monks take their morning meal after the morning service.

noun

food offering at a Buddhist ceremony

Refers to food offered during a Buddhist ritual or memorial service.

• 法ほう要ようでは、故こ人じんの好こう物ぶつを斎さい食じきとして供そなえることもある。

  At a Buddhist memorial service, the deceased's favorite foods may be offered as 斎食.