お菜 (Okazu) is a Japanese noun meaning “small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice), side dish, fill, fill-in (drumming)”.
Meanings
- nounsmall dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish
- nounfill; fill-in (drumming)
- nounjack-off material; something to masturbate tooft. as オカズ
Examples
今晩のおかずは魚だ。
Today's dinner is fish.
今晩のおかずはもう決めてあります。
I've decided what to cook for dinner.
ランチボックスからは、色んなオカズの匂いが、立ちのぼっている。
The smell of various foodstuffs drifted up from the lunch box.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).