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    3. 膳

    膳

    膳ぜん

    small dining table (usu. for a single person)

    N1KMT9News #18+1Food & DiningKanji Vocab16 strokes

    ぜん

    Noun

    1.
    small dining table (usu. for a single person), serving tray (with legs)
    2.
    meal, food, serving

    Counter

    3.
    counter for bowlfuls of rice
    4.
    counter for pairs of chopsticks

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    彼かれはご飯はんを三さん膳ぜん食たべた。

    He ate three bowls of rice.

    KMT7Food & DiningDaily Life
    箸はしを二に膳ぜんください。

    Please give me two pairs of chopsticks.

    KMT7Food & DiningDaily Life
    旅りょ館かんでは、一ひと人りひとりに豪ごう華かな膳ぜんが用よう意いされていた。

    At the ryokan, a luxurious meal was prepared for each person.

    KMT9Food & DiningTravel & Transportation
    伝でん統とう的てきな日か本お家 屋くでは、床ゆかに座すわって膳ぜんで食しょく事じをするのが一いっ般ぱん的てきだった。

    In traditional Japanese houses, it was common to sit on the floor and eat meals from a small dining table (zen).

    KMT9Food & DiningCulture & TraditionsHome & Housing
    懐かい石せき料りょう理りは、一いっ品ぴんずつ丁てい寧ねいに膳ぜんに並 べられる。

    Kaiseki cuisine is carefully arranged on the serving tray, dish by dish.

    KMT10Food & DiningCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    膳
    かしわ・すす.める・そな.える…(4)
    small low table・tray
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