Common Dinner Menu in Japan

boiled rice (gohan)
suimono or clear soup; misoshiru or miso soup
nimono, or boiled foods (boiled vegetables, fish or meat)
yakimono or agemono or both (broiled or deep-fried vegetables, fish or meat)
sunomono (vinegared vegetables, fish or shellfish)
aemono (dressed vegetables, fish or shellfish) or hitashimono (boiled greens in soy sauce)
sashimi (sliced raw fish)
koonomono (pickles)