Japanese Cuisine - Dishes

Dishes

Further information: okazu (or sōzai (惣菜?)); List of okazu

In 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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