deconstructing breakfast

tsukemono:   漬物


漬: soak    物:thing


a pickle is a soaked thing, yes.


gohan:   飯, means "cooked rice" or "meal"

朝御飯[asagohan], for example; "morning cooked rice" or "morning meal", depending on how you view breakfast.

miso: 味噌

味: smell, taste, flavor, aroma:


tastes and smells. also: delicacy (only in the foodie sense?)


噌: [noun] bass, [verb] to scold.


a taste/smell that deeply scolds you in a bass tone.