Meaning

Primary

Small Plate

Alternatives

Small Dish, Little Plate, Little Dish

Word Type

noun

Explanation

You have a small plate. Wait, is that it? Yep, that's it.

Reading

こざら
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

さら uses the same reading as the one you learned with the kanji, except it's ざら this time because of the rendaku. uses an alternate kun'yomi reading. You can remember it by thinking "What are small? Kids () are small. Bwahaha."

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 小皿を見せる

    to show the small plates

    小皿をつかう

    to use small plates

    小皿をならべる

    to arrange small plates

Context Sentences

バーのテーブルの上には小皿がたくさんあった。

There were many small plates on the bar table.

小皿の上にはオリーブが五つあった。

There were five olives on the small plate.

その小皿は手の大きさくらいです。

The small plate is about the size of a hand.

Kanji Composition