Vocabulary Sprint v02 — the table, and why rice means dinner

Words this lesson teaches

ご飯

cooked rice, and a meal — the syllabus writes 御飯; ordinary writing is ご飯

朝ご飯

breakfast — 朝 morning plus ご飯

昼ご飯

lunch — 昼 midday plus ご飯

晩ご飯

dinner — 晩 evening plus ご飯; 夕飯 is the same meal

お弁当

a packed meal in a box — the お is fused, as in お茶 and お土産

果物

fruit — read くだもの, which the characters do not tell you

豚肉

pork — 豚 pig plus 肉 meat, and the pattern names every meat

牛肉

beef — 牛 cow plus the same 肉; chicken is 鳥肉

お菓子

sweets, confectionery — covers biscuits, cakes and crisps alike

紅茶

black tea — literally red tea; 紅 is crimson, and お茶 alone means green

お酒

alcohol, and also sake specifically — the context decides which

塩

salt — one character, one native word, as w11c would have it

そば

beside, near — written 側; the identical そば written 蕎麦 is buckwheat noodles

コップ

a tumbler — straight-sided and without a handle; from Dutch

お皿

a plate — and the 皿 that gives 灰皿, an ashtray

ちゃわん

a rice bowl — written 茶碗, a tea bowl, though rice is what goes in it

スプーン

a spoon

フォーク

a fork

ナイフ

a knife — the table kind; a kitchen knife is 包丁

テーブル

a table — the dining kind; a desk is 机

冷蔵庫

a refrigerator — 冷 cold, as in w09's 冷房, plus 蔵庫, a store

灰皿

an ashtray — 灰 ash plus 皿 plate, so the word describes itself

マッチ

a match, for lighting — and, separately, a sports match

バター

butter — spread with 塗る, the verb w06b taught