Kanji
膳
N1
16 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2120
small low table, tray
On'yomi (音読み)
ゼン、 セン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
かしわ、 すす.める、 そな.える
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
膳
ぜん
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs)
一膳飯
いちぜんめし
bowl of rice; single serving of rice
薬膳
やくぜん
medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)
珍膳
ちんぜん
uncommon and delicious meal
内膳司
ないぜんし
office in charge of the Emperor's meals (ritsuryō system)
御膳
ごぜん
meal
膳所
ぜんしょ
kitchen
和食膳
わしょくぜん
tray of traditional Japanese food
下膳
さげぜん
clearing up leftover food and dishes
大膳
だいぜん
black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
据え膳食わぬは男の恥
すえぜんくわぬはおとこのはじ
it is shameful to reject the advances of a woman; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation
膳立て
ぜんだて
setting the table; laying the table
銘々膳
めいめいぜん
individual dining table
四の膳
よのぜん
fourth tray (of food)
御膳そば
ごぜんそば
high-quality soba
据え膳食わぬ
すえぜんくわぬ
it is shameful to reject the advances of a woman; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation
一の膳
いちのぜん
1st course at a banquet