屯食

屯食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屯	食
とん Grade: S	じき Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 頓食

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tondʑiki/

Noun

屯食 (hiragana とんじき, rōmaji tonjiki)

1. food and drink served at a noble's banquet; in particular, rice balls
   • 1008-1010: Murasaki Shikibu Nikki

     五日夜は、殿の御産養。十五日の月くもりなくおもしろきに、池のみぎは近う、かがり火どもを木のしたにともしつつ、とじきども立てわたす。あやしきしづのをのさへづりありくけしきどもまで、いろふしにたちがほなり。

2. a tray used to carry such food and drink

See also

• 弁当 (bentō)
• 包飯 (tsutsumimeshi)

References

• Ikeda, Kikan; Shinji Kishigami, Ken Akiyama (1958) Koten Bungaku Taikei 19: Makura no Sōshi, Murasaki Shikibu Nikki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-060019-2