一いっ箪たん

noun

bamboo utensil for holding food; bamboo dish

A classical term for a bamboo container used to hold food, especially in the context of simple, rustic living. Most commonly encountered in the set phrase 一箪の食一瓢の飲 (いったんのしいっぴょうのいん), meaning 'a simple meal of rice in a bamboo dish and a drink from a gourd', symbolizing a life of frugal contentment.

See also: 一箪の食一瓢の飲

• 「一いっ箪たんの食し一いっ瓢ぴょうの飲いん」という言こと葉ばは、質しっ素そな生せい活かつのたとえとして使つかわれる。

  The phrase 'a bamboo dish of food and a gourd of drink' is used as a metaphor for a simple, frugal life.