Illustration: At a Japanese family dinner table, a diner holds a bowl of plain rice in one hand and reaches with chopsticks toward a small plate of grilled fish beside it. Other accompanying dishes contain simmered pumpkin and dressed greens, each separate from the rice.

おかず

okazu

side dish

Usually served alongside rice. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

今晩こんばんのおかずは魚さかなだ。
Today’s dinner is fish.
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今晩こんばんのおかずはもう決きめてあります。
I’ve decided what to cook for dinner.
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ランチボックスからは、色いろんなオカズの匂においが、立たちのぼっている。
The smell of various foodstuffs drifted up from the lunch box.
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