食卓|しょくたくshokutaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivedining table
   彼女かのじょは食卓しょくたくに料理りょうりを並ならべた。↗

   She spread dishes on the table.

• SynonymダイニングテーブルNeutralLoanword for a Western-style dining table, often seen in furniture stores. 「食卓」 covers the table for eating and can also refer to the mealtime scene.
• Related膳ぜんNeutralA stand or tray holding one person's meal; also a counter for bowls of rice. 「食卓」 is the table used for eating.
• Related食膳しょくぜんWrittenWritten/formal prose for a tray with food laid out, or the dishes themselves; often in 「食膳に上る」. 「食卓」 is the table itself.
• Related飯台はんだいNeutralOld-fashioned word for a table where several people sit side by side to eat. In everyday speech say 「食卓」 or 「テーブル」.

Use 「食卓」 for the table you eat at, and by extension for the dining scene around it. Say 「ダイニングテーブル」 for a Western-style dining table, 「膳」 for a one-person meal tray or as a counter, 「食膳」 in formal writing for dishes served, and 「飯台」 is old-fashioned.

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1. 食事しょくじに用もちいるテーブル。卓袱台ちゃぶだい。食台しょくだい。「卓たく」は「つくえ」の意い。