Moto 膳: Small Low Table; TrayKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ゼン、セン
- Kun'yomi
- かしわ、すす(める)、そな(える)
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 44 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ゼン・セン)
- 膳ぜんsmall dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs)
- お膳おぜんfour-legged tray for festive food
- お膳立ておぜんだてsetting the table; laying the table
- ご膳ごぜんmeal
- 一の膳いちのぜん1st course at a banquet
- 一膳いちぜんbowl (of rice)
- 一膳飯いちぜんめしbowl of rice; single serving of rice
- 一膳飯屋いちぜんめしやsimple and inexpensive restaurant; diner
- 上げ膳あげぜんplacing a meal in front of one
- 上げ膳据え膳あげぜんすえぜんtaking care of everything; no need to do anything
- 下げ膳さげぜんclearing up leftover food and dishes
- 与の膳よのぜんfourth tray (of food)
- 二の膳にのぜんside dish
- 会席膳かいせきぜんelaborate dinner tray
- 内膳司ないぜんしoffice in charge of the Emperor's meals (ritsuryo system)
- 和食膳わしょくぜんtray of traditional Japanese food
- 四の膳よのぜんfourth tray (of food)
- 大膳だいぜんblack-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- 客膳きゃくぜんlow tray of food for guests
- 御膳ごぜんmeal
- 御膳そばごぜんそばhigh-quality soba
- 御膳汁粉ごぜんじるこshiruko made with strained red bean paste
- 御膳立ておぜんだてsetting the table; laying the table
- 据え膳すえぜんmeal set before one
- 据え膳食わぬは男の恥すえぜんくわぬはおとこのはじrejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation
- 本膳ほんぜんmain course (of a formal meal)
- 本膳料理ほんぜんりょうりextremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)
- 珍膳ちんぜんuncommon and delicious meal
- 膳所ぜんしょkitchen
- 膳立てぜんだてsetting the table; laying the table
- 膳越しぜんごしrudely reaching over one's serving tray to grab food behind it with one's chopsticks
- 膳部ぜんぶfood (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner
- 薬膳やくぜんmedicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)
- 配膳はいぜんsetting a place; setting the table
- 配膳人はいぜんにんwaiter
- 配膳室はいぜんしつpantry
- 銘銘膳めいめいぜんindividual dining table
- 陪膳ばいぜんserving food (to a nobleman); nobleman's server
- 陰膳かげぜんtray for absent one
- 食膳しょくぜんdining table; a dish (type of food)
Other readings
- 下膳さげぜんclearing up leftover food and dishes
- 御膳蕎麦ごぜんそばhigh-quality soba
- 据膳すえぜんmeal set before one
- 銘々膳めいめいぜんindividual dining table
Kanji that often appear with 膳
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