Illustration: At a small apartment dining table, a commuter still wearing an office lanyard peels the lid from a supermarket container of simmered vegetables. Open containers of potato salad and spinach with sesame sit beside it, each with serving chopsticks.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

惣そう菜ざい

souzai

prepared side dish

Often refers to ready-made dishes sold in shops. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. コロッケと並ならんで惣菜そうざい屋やの定番ていばんである。

    Just like a croquette, it is a staple item at stores that sell take-out side dishes.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 焼やき鳥屋以外とりやいがいでは、スーパーマーケットなどの惣菜そうざい売場うりばや肉屋にくやで売うられ、自宅じたくで食たべられるようにしている事ことも多おおい。

    Other than at yakitori-ya restaurants, yakitori is often sold at the delicatessen section of supermarkets or at butchers, so that it can be eaten at home.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 代表的だいひょうてきな日本料理にっぽんりょうりであり、日常にちじょうの惣菜そうざいから高級料亭こうきゅうりょうていの物ものまで、その範囲はんいは広ひろい。

    It is one of typical Japanese dishes, and is served in a wide range of situations ranging from daily prepared food to those served at high-class restaurants.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 惣菜

  • 惣allOnソウKunすべて
  • 菜vegetable; side dishOnサイKunな

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