面桶めんつう

noun

round wooden box for serving individual portions of rice

A traditional lidded container used to measure and serve rice, often seen in communal dining or temple settings. The term is somewhat specialized and may not be widely known outside culinary or historical contexts.

• 精しょう進じん料りょう理りでは、面桶めんつうに一いち人にん前まえのご飯はんを盛もりつける。

  In Buddhist vegetarian cuisine, individual servings of rice are placed in a men-tsuu.

• この古ふるい面桶めんつうは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの旅籠はたごで使つかわれていたものだ。

  This old men-tsuu was used at an Edo-period inn.