Dishes
Further information: okazu (or sōzai (惣菜?)); List of okazuIn the aforementioned stock phrase ichijū-sansai (一汁三菜, "one soup, three sides"?), the word sai (菜?) has the basic meaning of "vegetable", but secondarily means any accompanying dish including fish or meat. It figures in the Japanese word for appetizer, zensai (前菜?); main dish, shusai (主菜?); or sōzai (惣菜?) (formal synonym for okazu - considered somewhat of a housewife's term).
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Famous quotes containing the word dishes:
“No more anything to drink;
Leave those dishes in the sink.”
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Or her dishes done.
Any day youll find her
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