一皿(ひとさら)

ひとさら
noun
one plate; one dish
foodquantity
1. one plate; one dish (of food)
A single plate of food, used in counting servings and in prices.
一皿(ひとさら)五百円(ごひゃくえん)です。
It's 500 yen a plate.
カレーを一皿(ひとさら)食(た)べた。
I ate a plate of curry.
回転(かいてん)寿司(ずし)では、一皿(ひとさら)に二貫(にかん)ずつのっていることが多(おお)い。
At conveyor-belt sushi restaurants, each plate usually has two pieces.

Counting patterns

皿(さら) counts plates of food. One and two use native numbers: 一皿(ひとさら), 二皿(ふたさら); from three on, Sino-Japanese numbers: 三皿(さんさら), 四皿(よんさら).

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