03.Jan.2010 osechiryouri
お節料理 [おせちりょうり] – meal served during the New Year’s holiday
節 [セツ・セチ・ふし] – seasonal (also means various other things such as stanza, knuckle, and node)
料 [リョウ] – material; ingredient
理 [リ・ことわり] – arrangement; truth; reason
Put 料 and 理 together, and you get “cuisine.”