Definition of お菜 (おかず)

かず

お菜

おかず

okazu

noun
1.
side dish, okazu, side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal(usually kana)
2.
fill, fill-in (drumming)(usually kana, colloquialism, music term)(only relevant for おかず and オカズ)
3.
material for assisting arousal during masturbation(usually kana, slang)(only relevant for おかず and オカズ)
Other readings:
おかず《御菜》
おかず《御数》
おかず《お数》
おさい《お菜》
おさい《御菜》
オカズ
Related Kanji
vegetable, side dish, greens
honorable, manipulate, govern
number, strength, fate, law, figures
Example sentences(showing 3 results)

I've decided what to cook for dinner

こんばん
今晩
さか
Today's dinner is fish

The smell of various foodstuffs drifted up from the lunch box