洋食

ようしょく
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1

Western-style cooking or dishes originating from Europe/America (Western cuisine).

Noun

Examples

留学中に本場の洋食をたくさん食べた。

I ate a lot of authentic Western food while studying abroad.

洋食レストランでステーキを注文した。

I ordered a steak at a Western-style restaurant.

彼はフランスの伝統的な洋食に詳しい。

He knows a lot about traditional French Western cuisine.

2

Japanized Western-style dishes (yoshoku) — Western-origin dishes adapted to Japanese tastes (e.g., omurice, hamburger steak, curry rice).

Noun

Examples

子どもの頃は母の作る洋食(オムライスやハンバーグ)が大好きだった。

As a child I loved the yoshoku my mother made (omurice and hamburger steak).

この店のカレーは伝統的なインド風でなく、日本の洋食寄りだ。

The curry at this place isn't traditional Indian-style; it's closer to Japanese yoshoku.

洋食屋へ行ってハンバーグ定食を頼んだ。

I went to a yoshoku restaurant and ordered a hamburger-steak set meal.

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