Practice JLPTMeaning
膳 (ぜん, zen) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “(small) table, tray, meal”.
Example sentences 8
食卓を 膳立てしてください。
Could you please clear the table?
すっかりお 膳立てができている。
It's all laid on.
旅館は、 上げ 膳 据え膳がうれしいね。
At a Japanese-style inn, they take care of your every need, so you don't have to lift a finger.
彼女は 膳の 上のものを 酔った 手つきで 掴み 散らしました。
She threw away everything that was on the small dining table in a drunken hand gesture.
そして焼きあがった鰯を笊の上に乗せて、灰をふるい落とし、素早く隆信らの膳に供した。
She then put the broiled sardines in a bamboo basket, shook off the ashes and quickly served them to Takanobu and others.
飲み終わった後、お椀の「ふた」は食卓に（又はお膳）に上がった状態と同じようにする。
After drinking soup, the lid of the bowl should be returned to the same state as originally arranged when it was prepared on a table (or tray.)
水面に映える姿は里謡に「瀬田の唐橋からねぎぼし、水に浮かぶは膳所の城」と謡われていた。
A popular song among local people applauded its reflection in the water saying, 'While Seta no Karahashi Bridge is adorned with karagane-giboshi (bronze ornamental railing top), the water is adorned with the reflection of Zeze-jo Castle.'
和朝食には卵の他に、飯と味噌汁、漬け物、水産加工品（鯵の干物や乾燥海苔、もしくは海苔の佃煮）、卵焼き、および納豆等が配膳されることが多い。
In addition to the egg, the Japanese breakfast plate usually includes rice, miso soup, tsukemono (Japanese pickled vegetables), processed seafood (dried horse mackerel, dried seaweed, or tsukudani (boiled in sweetened soy sauce) of seaweed), Japanese style omelet, and natto (fermented soybeans).