Description for "simple meal in Kanji"
It is also a must to have “one bowl of soup and one side dish” with a typical meal. Japan calls ‘Ichiju issai’.
“Ichiju issai” was originally used to mean “simple meal (coarse meal)” with only one side dish, but westernization of eating habits, overeating (overnutrition), and obesity tendency. In recent years, when the fact that lifestyle-related diseases and “satiety” are detrimental to the health of Japanese people has become clear, it has become a rather good word, and as a healthy diet / menu (to prevent overeating). It came to be noticed.
