Homemade Cooking Now Easier than Ever to Get Hold of

JAPANese Notes | より手軽になった家庭料理

Homemade Cooking Now Easier than Ever to Get Hold of

In the past housewives would cook dishes by purchasing food at specialist stores such as butchers, fishmongers, and greengrocers in their local shopping street. Nowadays people generally purchase food at a supermarket or convenience store. Working housewives often use pre-cooked dishes or instant food for evening meals. There is a wide selection of choices available, from instant food to take-out sushi, so you can eat as soon as you get back home. In “depachika,” in the basements of department stores are concession stands run by renowned restaurants with a variety of dishes and sweets on display.

かつての
Katsute no
in the past
主婦しゅふ
shufu wa/ha
housewives
近所きんじょ
kinjo no
local <neighborhood>
商店街しょうてんがい
shoutengai
(their) shopping street
no
in
肉屋にくや
nikuya,
butchers
魚屋さかなや
sakanaya,
fishmongers
八百屋やおや
yaoya
and greengrocers
などの
nado no
such as
専門店せんもんてん
senmonten
specialist stores
de
at
食材しょくざい
shokuzai o/wo
food
い、
kai,
by purchasing
料理りょうり
ryouri o/wo
dishes
つくりました。
tsukurimashita.
would cook
いまでは
Imadewa/ha
nowadays
一般的いっぱんてき
ippantekini
generally
スーパーすーぱー
su-pa-
(a) supermarket
ya
or
コンビニこんびに
konbini
convenience store
de
at
食材しょくざい
shokuzai o/wo
food
います。
kaimasu.
(people) purchase
はたら主婦しゅふ
Hataraku shufu wa/ha
working housewives
調理ちょうりずみ
chourizumi no
pre-cooked
惣菜そうざい
souzai
dishes
ya
or
インスタントいんすたんと食品しょくひん
insutanto shokuhin de
instant food
夕食ゆうしょく
yuushoku o/wo
for evening meals
まかなうことがおおくなりました。
makanau koto ga ooku narimashita.
often use
インスタントいんすたんと食品しょくひん
Insutanto’shokuhin
instant food
から
kara
from
寿司すし
sushi no
sushi
かえ
mochikaeri
take-out
まで
made
to
豊富ほうふ品揃しなぞろえが
houfuna shinazoroe ga
(a) wide selection of choices available
あり、
ari,
there is so
いえかえって
ie ni kaette
(you) get back home
すぐに
suguni
as soon as
べることが
taberu koto ga
eat
できます。
dekimasu.
you can
デパートでぱーと
Depa-to
department stores
no
of
地下ちか
chika
(the) basements
にある
ni aru
in
デパ地下でぱちか
“depachika”
depachika
には、
niwa/ha,
in
有名ゆうめい
yuumei
renowned
レストランれすとらん
resutoran
restaurants (with)
などの
nado no
[such as]
さまざまな
samazamana
(a) variety of
料理りょうり
ryouri
dishes
ya
and
スイーツすいーつ
sui-tsu
sweets
no
stands run by
みせ
mise ga
concession
ならんでいます。
narande imasu.
are on display

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