据すえ膳ぜん

noun

meal set before one; prepared meal

A meal that has been prepared and placed in front of someone, often implying that no effort is required from the recipient. Frequently used in the set phrase 据え膳食わぬは男の恥.

• 旅りょ館かんに着つくと、すぐに据すえ膳ぜんが用よう意いされていた。

  When we arrived at the inn, a meal was already set out for us.

noun

women's advances; sexual invitation

Figurative extension from the literal meal sense, referring to a woman's romantic or sexual advances that are presented openly, as if served on a tray. Often used in the context of the proverb 据え膳食わぬは男の恥 (it's a man's shame to refuse a woman's advances).

• 彼かれは彼かの女じょの据すえ膳ぜんに気きづかなかった。

  He didn't notice her advances.