Kanji 肴 Words: Meanings and Readings

小肴

こざかな

small fish

焼き肴

やきざかな

grilled fish

酒菜

さかな

appetizer or snack served with drinks

下肴

げざかな

low-grade fish

佳肴

かこう

delicacy

嘉肴ありと雖も食らわずんばその旨きを知らず

かこうありといえどもくらわずんばそのうまきをしらず

one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study

強い肴

しいざかな

side dish served in order to encourage the consumption of alcohol (kaiseki cuisine)

肴にする

さかなにする

to have as a side order (with drinks)

酒のさかな

さけのさかな

appetizer or snack served with drinks

酒肴

さけさかな

food and (alcoholic) drinks

祝い肴

いわいざかな

accompaniment to a drink served at celebrations (such as New Year)

酢肴

すざかな

vinegared appetizer

生魚

なまうお

raw fish

粗酒粗肴

そしゅそこう

cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest)

珍肴

ちんこう

uncommon and delicious meal

珍味佳肴

ちんみかこう

rare delicacies

美酒佳肴

びしゅかこう

fine wines and prized delicacies

美味佳肴

びみかこう

delicacies