定食

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 定食 is read as ていしょく and is a noun for a set meal combining a main dish with rice, side dishes, or other fixed items.
• Basic usage: A named meal appears in 焼き魚定食, while an included item appears in 定食に飲み物が付く.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A fixed meal combination
  • Unlike ordering individual dishes separately, it denotes a menu served as a predetermined combination making up one meal.
• Difference from セット
  • セット broadly covers bundled combinations including non-food products, while 定食 focuses on a fixed meal served at a restaurant.