おかず
N2 okazu
- side dish
- accompaniment for rice dishes
noun
Also written お菜
Chinese meanings
配菜;菜肴
Examples
- 今晩のおかずはもう決めてあります。I've decided what to cook for dinner.今晚的菜已经决定好了。
- 今晩のおかずは魚だ。Today's dinner is fish.今晚的菜是鱼。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('286e536eba'); // おかず
{
"id": "286e536eba",
"word": "おかず",
"reading": "おかず",
"romaji": "okazu",
"meanings": [
"side dish",
"accompaniment for rice dishes"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1588930,
"other_forms": [
"お菜"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "今晩のおかずはもう決めてあります。",
"furigana": "{今晩|こんばん}のおかずはもう{決|き}めてあります。",
"en": "I've decided what to cook for dinner.",
"tatoeba_id": 171262
},
{
"ja": "今晩のおかずは魚だ。",
"furigana": "{今晩|こんばん}のおかずは{魚|さかな}だ。",
"en": "Today's dinner is fish.",
"tatoeba_id": 171261
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "8d7c3381dfa3ed1b5c5df3e48fcc44fa5f8dd6081a22bbd7bb96d594f2ee655b",
"meanings": [
"配菜",
"菜肴"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "今晩のおかずはもう決めてあります。",
"zh": "今晚的菜已经决定好了。"
},
{
"ja": "今晩のおかずは魚だ。",
"zh": "今晚的菜是鱼。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/286e536eba",
"JMdict ent_seq 1588930; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "2ae2d69a9b31fd2587ec032955bf98532ddaeb4d3251ca4db955c1511fbc3aa6"
}
}