りょう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. cooking; cookery; cuisine; meal; food; dish; item on a menu
2. dealing with something; handling; administration; management
nuance of doing it easily
Kanji used
ingredients
logic
Pitch accent
りょ
うり
Top 800
Composed of
fee; charge; rate; material
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
Used in vocabulary (84 in total)
head chef; master chef
being good at cooking; good cook
fish-based cooking; fish dish
cooking class; cookery school
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
multi-course menu; multi-course dining
regional cuisine; local cuisine
Western food; Western-style food
local specialty; local special dish
egg dishes; food prepared with eggs
Italian food; Italian cooking
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
vegetarian cuisine originally derived from the dietary restrictions of Buddhist monks
creative cookery; creative cuisine
cuisine with fresh seafoods
cooking program; cookery show
traditional Japanese meal brought in courses; tea-ceremony dishes
cooking expert; culinary researcher
cookware; cooking gear
cookery school; cooking school; culinary school; culinary academy
casual dish (esp. Japanese food); simple dish
Spanish food; Spanish cooking
Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
service à la carte; single dish eaten by itself (without side dishes)
Indian cuisine; Indian cooking; Indian food
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
Szechuan cuisine; Sichuan cuisine
set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet
(South) Korean cooking; (South) Korean food
freshwater fish cuisine
Ryukyuan food; Ryukyuan cuisine
meals prepared for employees (e.g. of a restaurant); staff meals
ethnic food (esp. Asian, African, etc.)
gourmet; gastronome
quickly prepared meal or dish
traditional inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn
meals prepared for employees (e.g. of a restaurant); staff meals
Cantonese food; Cantonese cuisine
extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)
Japanese-Chinese cuisine, served family-style (large dishes, diners help themselves), specialty of Nagasaki; Chinese table cuisine
smorgasbord; all-you-can-eat buffet
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
jingisukan; Japanese mutton and vegetable dish
yūsoku cuisine; banquet cuisine based on that of Heian period nobility
Korean food; Korean cooking
no good at cooking
Cantonese food; Cantonese cuisine
jingisukan; Japanese mutton and vegetable dish
jingisukan; Japanese mutton and vegetable dish
cooking meat, fish, etc. over flames
custom food order (e.g. at a hotel); special food order
hot spring inn (onsen ryokan) priding itself on its cuisine
sawachi ryōri; assorted cold food served on a large plate
sawachi ryōri; assorted cold food served on a large plate
Examples (144 in total)
Cooking is interesting.
You cook too?
What are you cooking?