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日替わり定食 (ひがわりていしょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日ひ替がわり定てい食しょく

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Meanings

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noun

daily set meal; daily special; plat du jour

A set meal (teishoku) whose main dish changes daily, commonly offered at restaurants and cafeterias.

今日きょうの日ひ替がわり定てい食しょくは焼やき魚ざかなです。
Today's daily special is grilled fish.
あの食しょく堂どうの日ひ替がわり定てい食しょくはボリュームがあっ

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The daily set meal at that diner is filling and a good deal.

Written forms

日ひ替がわり定てい食しょく
Standard kanji spelling.
日ひ替がわり定てい食しょく
Variant spelling using 替り instead of 替わり; less common but still seen.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
替exchange, spare, substitute
定determine, fix, establish
食eat, food

Similar words

定てい食しょく
A set meal in general, not necessarily changing daily. 日替わり定食 specifically refers to a daily changing set meal.
ランチ
A more general term for lunch, often used for Western-style lunch menus. 日替わり定食 is a Japanese-style set meal that changes daily.

Etymology

Compound of 日替わり (daily change) + 定食 (set meal).