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お菜

おかず

side dish; the dish eaten with rice

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Examples

  1. 今日のお菜は魚です。

    きょうのおかずはさかなです。

    Today's dish is fish.

  2. 弁当にお菜を詰めた。

    べんとうにおかずをつめた。

    I packed the side dishes into the lunchbox.

  3. ご飯に合うお菜がもう一品欲しい。

    ごはんにあうおかずがもういっぴんほしい。

    I'd like one more dish that goes with rice.

Common patterns

お菜を作る
to make the side dishes
ご飯のお菜
something to eat with the rice
お菜が足りない
there aren't enough dishes

Memory tip

Written おかず in kana almost always (お数 is another old spelling). It is not 'side dish' in the Western sense of a minor extra — it is everything eaten alongside the rice, including the main protein.

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