Entry
  1. Noun

    one-plate meal; simple meal; austerity diet

    Yojijukugo (four character compound)

    禅坊主じゃあるまいし、毎日毎日、一汁一菜のダイエットメニューは勘弁してよ。
    What? A little soup and celery is all I get? I'm not a Zen monk. I can't survive on an austerity diet like this.
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Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one, one radical (no.1)

Kun
ひと-ひと.つ
On
イチイツ
Strokes
1
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
2 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-1-4SKIP code
0a1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1000.0Four corner code
3072deroo
4e00Unicode hex code
1-16-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1New Nelson (John Haig)
3341New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4148Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1Morohashi
1A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1sakade
1Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1henshall3
1Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1crowley
1Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi1Pinyin reading
ilKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus

Kun
しる-しるつゆ
On
ジュウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1843 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-2SKIP code
3a2.1The Kanji Dictionary
3410.0Four corner code
355deroo
6c41Unicode hex code
1-29-33JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2485Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3035New Nelson (John Haig)
195New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
227Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
144Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
173Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
140Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
150Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1502A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1848Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17104Morohashi
1361A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1794Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1930Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1457Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1050Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1399Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1157Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
142Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi1Pinyin reading
jeub, jibKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

vegetable, side dish, greens

Kun
On
サイ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1327 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 31

Built from

Used in names as

よう

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-8SKIP code
3k8.25The Kanji Dictionary
4490.4Four corner code
1964deroo
83dcUnicode hex code
1-26-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3982Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5097New Nelson (John Haig)
2305New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2880Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1486Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2004Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
734Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
793Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1108A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1447Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
870Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31184PMorohashi
483A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
931Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
958Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
401sakade
246Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
509henshall3
566Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
774Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
660Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
742Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cai4Pinyin reading
chaeKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level