Plate, counter (for plates or helpings) in Japanese 🇯🇵

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Tips to remember the Japanese word:
Think of a dinner table setting: you need a "sa-ra" (sounds like "sara") for "sa-lad" and other dishes. It’s a straightforward way to associate the item (a plate) with the word.

Explanations:
さら (sara) is used to refer to a plate or a dish. It can also be used as a counter for plates or helpings, for instance, 一皿 (ひとさら, hito-sara) means one plate or one serving.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– プレート (プーレト, purēto): Plate, in a more Western context.
– 器 (うつわ, utsuwa): General term for a dish, bowl, or container.

Alternate meanings:
As a slang or colloquial term, さら can refer to something coming directly from someone or something without being touched by others, though this is quite informal and context-dependent.

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 新しい皿を買いました。
– しんしいさらをかいました。
– Shinshii sara o kaimaa.
– I bought a new plate.

2. カレーを一皿ください。
– カレーをひとさらください。
– Karē o hito-sara kudasai.
– Please give me one serving of curry.

3. その皿はとてもきれいです。
– そのさらはとてもきれいです。
– Sono sara wa totemo kirei desu.
– That plate is very beautiful.

4. パーティーでは、みんなが持ち寄った料理を皿に取ります。
– パーティーでは、みんながもちよったりょうりをさらにとります。
– Pātī de wa, minna ga mochiyotta ryōri o sara ni torimasu.
– At the party, everyone takes the food they brought onto plates.

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