一汁一菜

Japanese
Kanji in this term
一 汁 一 菜
いち
Grade: 1		 じゅう
Grade: S		 いち > いっ
Grade: 1		 さい
Grade: 4
goon kan’yōon goon on’yomi
一汁一菜 (ichijū issai): a traditional frugal Japanese meal.

Etymology

Compound of 一汁 (ichijū, “one (bowl of) soup”) +‎ 一菜 (issai, “one side dish”).[1][2][3][4]

First cited in 1690.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いちじゅういっさい [ìchíjúú íssáí] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
  • (Tokyo) いちじゅうい​っさい [ìchíjúú íꜜssàì] (Nakadaka – [5])[3][4][5]
  • IPA(key): [it͡ɕiʑɨᵝː isːa̠i]

Noun

一(いち)汁(じゅう)一(いっ)菜(さい) • (ichijū issai) ←いちじふいつさい (itizifu itusai)?

  1. [from 1690] (idiomatic) a traditional frugal Japanese meal, consisting of a bowl of rice, a bowl of soup or broth, and one side dish

Coordinate terms

References
  1. “一汁一菜”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “一汁一菜”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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