豚汁

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 豚汁, read とんじる, means miso soup with pork.
• Basic usage: Use it for a warm soup prepared for a meal or served to a group.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The name and the dish
  • 豚 identifies the pork and 汁 the soup. Together they name a particular soup dish.
• A modifier in the example
  • 具だくさんの豚汁 means pork miso soup with plenty of solid ingredients.
• Serving food
  • 振る舞われた is a passive form meaning that food was served. In the second example, it refers to the soup being offered.