How to say "dish" in Japanese

• 皿さらJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers the concrete sense of 'dish': the plate, platter, or shallow vessel that food is served on. This is the word for the physical object, as when washing or stacking dishes.
  あなたが皿さらを洗あらっている間あいだに、私は床ゆかを掃除そうじします。↗

  I'll sweep the floor while you wash the dishes.
• 料理りょうりJLPT N5approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'dish' as prepared food: something cooked that people eat, not the vessel. When English 'dish' means the food itself — a favorite dish, a regional dish — this is the word you want.
  これらのりんごは料理りょうり用ようにもってこいだ。↗

  These apples are good cookers.
• 一品いっぴんCommon
  nounTreats a dish as a single item or course, the unit you order or that appears on a menu; it counts one dish rather than naming the food or the tableware.

Use 皿 for a dish as physical tableware, 料理 for a dish as prepared food or cuisine, and 一品 when treating a dish as a single item or course, such as on a menu.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 皿さらplate
• 料理りょうりcooking
• ディッシュdish
• お皿おさらplate
• 器皿きべいbowl
• パラボラparabola (antenna, microphone reflector, etc.)
• 一品いっぴんdish
• カートンtray (in which money is placed when paying)