精しょう進じん物もの

noun

vegetarian food; Buddhist vegetarian cuisine

Refers to food prepared without meat or fish, following Buddhist dietary principles. Often used in the context of temple cuisine (精進料理). The reading そうじもの is obsolete.

See also: 生臭物

• 精しょう進じん物ものは肉にくや魚さかなを使つかわずに作つくられます。

  Shōjinmono is made without using meat or fish.

• お寺てらで精しょう進じん物ものをいただいた。

  I had vegetarian food at the temple.