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定食 (ていしょく, teishoku) Japanese meaning: set meal | Kotomora
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For lunch, I ordered the grilled fish set meal.
Today's set meal is chicken cutlet.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 定てい 食しょく を 食た べる to eat a set meal at a place
I ate a set meal at this restaurant.
定てい 食しょく を 注ちゅう 文もん する to order a set meal
I ordered the grilled fish set meal.
〈 物もの 〉 付つ き 定てい 食しょく a set meal that comes with a certain item included
I chose the set meal that comes with dessert.
本ほん 日じつ の 定てい 食しょく today's set meal special
Today's set meal special is ginger pork.
Kanji 定 determine, fix, establish Related words セット is a general loanword for any bundled set (e.g. a burger and fries), while 定食 specifically means a traditional Japanese-style fixed meal with rice, soup, and side dishes.
ランチ usually refers to a lunchtime special and implies a midday meal, whereas 定食 can be offered at any time of day and just means a fixed meal set.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 定, associated with something fixed or set, and 食, food or meal; the spelling transparently matches the meaning 'fixed meal.'
