noun
bamboo dish of rice
Archaic term for a simple meal served in a bamboo container. Appears in classical Chinese-derived expressions such as 箪食壺漿 (welcoming troops with food and drink) and 箪食瓢飲 (frugal living). Not used in modern everyday Japanese.
「箪食壺漿」という故事成語の中に「箪食」が出てくる。
The word 箪食 appears in the classical idiom 箪食壺漿.
From classical Chinese 簞食 (dān shí), literally 'bamboo basket food'. The exact historical derivation into Japanese is uncertain; it is a literary borrowing preserved mainly in set phrases.