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    3. 膳

    膳

    膳かしわ

    small low table

    KMT10Freq #2120Food & DiningHome & HousingKanji16 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かしわすす.めるそな.える

    On'yomi

    ゼンセン

    Nanori

    ぜよし

    small low tabletray

    月善

    月
    羊
    䒑
    艹
    口

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    繕膨善骼嘲膕膽臉膨縢膸

    Concepts using this kanji

    膳

    small dining table (usu. for a single person)

    本膳料理

    extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)

    配膳人

    waiter

    会席膳

    elaborate dinner tray

    一の膳

    1st course at a banquet

    一膳

    bowl (of rice)

    内膳司

    office in charge of the Emperor's meals (ritsuryō system)

    本膳

    main course (of a formal meal)

    配膳台

    serving table (for meals)

    二の膳

    side dish

    大膳

    black-bellied plover

    和食膳

    tray of traditional Japanese food

    四の膳

    fourth tray (of food)

    一膳飯

    bowl of rice

    一膳飯屋

    simple and inexpensive restaurant

    膳部

    food (on a table; esp. a small Japanese table)

    配膳室

    pantry

    下膳

    clearing up leftover food and dishes

    上げ膳

    placing a meal in front of one

    膳立て

    setting the table

    お膳立て

    setting the table

    膳所

    kitchen

    配膳

    setting a place

    客膳

    low tray of food for guests

    食膳

    dining table

    据え膳食わぬは男の恥

    it is shameful to reject the advances of a woman

    薬膳

    medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)

    膳越し

    rudely reaching over one's serving tray to grab food behind it with one's chopsticks

    御膳

    meal

    御膳そば

    high-quality soba

    上げ膳据え膳

    taking care of everything

    珍膳

    uncommon and delicious meal

    陰膳

    tray for absent one

    据え膳

    meal set before one

    銘々膳

    individual dining table

    箱膳

    tableware box also used as a personal dining table

    御膳汁粉

    shiruko made with strained red bean paste

    陪膳

    serving food (to a nobleman)

    お膳

    four-legged tray for festive food

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 口
    • 月
    • 羊
    • 䒑
    • 艹

    is_used_in

    • お膳
    • 一の膳
    • 一膳
    • 一膳飯屋
    • 陰膳
    • 会席膳
    • 膳
    • 二の膳
    • 本膳
    • 据え膳
    • 客膳
    • 配膳
    • 配膳人
    • 配膳室
    • お膳立て
    • 膳部
    • 食膳
    • 上げ膳据え膳
    • 上げ膳
    • 膳越し
    • 本膳料理
    • 大膳
    • 据え膳食わぬは男の恥
    • 薬膳
    • 珍膳
    • 内膳司
    • 御膳
    • 膳所
    • 膳立て
    • 和食膳
    • 下膳
    • 銘々膳
    • 一膳飯
    • 四の膳
    • 陪膳
    • 御膳そば
    • 御膳汁粉
    • 配膳台
    • 箱膳

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    • 嘲
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    • 膸

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