noun
rice boiled with soy sauce and sake
A traditional Japanese dish where rice is cooked with soy sauce and sake, often associated with cherry blossom viewing.
花見には桜飯がよく合います。
Sakura-meshi goes well with cherry blossom viewing.
祖母が作る桜飯は、醤油と酒の香りが絶妙だ。
The sakura-meshi my grandmother makes has an exquisite aroma of soy sauce and sake.