A simple meal consisting of one soup and one side dish; a frugal, minimalist style of eating (yojijukugo).
忙しい日は一汁一菜で済ませることが多い。
On busy days I often make do with one soup and one side dish.
健康のために、一汁一菜の食事を心がけている。
For health reasons, I try to stick to simple one-soup-one-dish meals.
江戸時代の庶民は、しばしば一汁一菜で暮らしていた。
Common people in the Edo period often lived on one-soup-one-dish meals.