Illustration: Inside a modest Japanese apartment on a rainy evening, a recently arrived resident settles into a fully usable home. They wear a warm cardigan just taken from a small clothes rail, and sit before a simple meal of rice, soup, and vegetables.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

衣い食しょく住じゅう

ishokujuu

food, clothing and shelter

Example sentences

  1. 私達わたしたちが生いきていくためには衣食住いしょくじゅうが必要ひつようです。

    We need food, clothes and a home in order to live.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 衣食住いしょくじゅうは生活せいかつの基本きほんです。

    Food, clothing and shelter are the basis of life.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 子供こどもは衣食住いしょくじゅうを親おやに依存いぞんしている。

    Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 衣食住

  • 衣garment; clothesOnイ・エKunころも・きぬ
  • 食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる
  • 住dwell; resideOnジュウ・ヂュウ・チュウKunすむ・すまう

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