日本にほん料りょう理り

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Meanings

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Japanese cooking; Japanese cuisine

Refers to traditional Japanese food and cooking styles as a category, often contrasted with Western or Chinese cuisine.

日本にほん料りょう理りは、見みた目めも美うつくしい。
Japanese cuisine is also beautiful to look at.
彼かれは日本にほん料りょう理りを作つくるのが得とく意いだ。
He is good at making Japanese food.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が日に本ほん料りょう理りを習ならうfor someone to learn Japanese cooking
彼かの女じょは京きょう都とで日本にほん料りょう理りを習ならっている。
She is learning Japanese cooking in Kyoto.
〈場ば所しょ〉が日に本ほん料りょう理りを出だすfor a place to serve Japanese cuisine
そのホテルのレストランは本ほん格かく的てきな日本にほん料りょう理りを出だす。
The hotel's restaurant serves authentic Japanese cuisine.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
本book, present, main
料fee, materials
理logic, arrangement, reason

Related words

和わ食しょくN3
和食 is a more casual, everyday term for Japanese-style meals, while 日本料理 often implies a more formal or traditional culinary context.

Opposites

洋よう食しょくN3
日本料理 refers to traditional Japanese cuisine, while 洋食 refers to Western-style dishes, often as prepared in Japan.
中ちゅう華か料りょう理り
日本料理 is Japanese cuisine, whereas 中華料理 is Chinese cuisine, the two often being contrasted as dining options.

Counted with

品ひんN2
Individual Japanese dishes are typically counted with 品, as in 三品の日本料理.
皿さらN4
A serving or plate of 日本料理 can also be counted with 皿 when referring to a dish presented on a plate.

Built from

日本にほん+料りょう理り

Etymology

Compound of 日本 (Japan) and 料理 (cooking, cuisine).