Illustration: In a family kitchen during the afternoon, a child in casual clothes reaches into a small biscuit tin and takes a bite while leaning against the counter. An emptied school lunchbox is drying beside the sink.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

間かん食しょく

kanshoku

snacking between meals

Example sentences

  1. 間食かんしょくはしない方ほうがいいよ。

    You shouldn’t eat between meals.

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  2. 医者いしゃは彼かれに間食かんしょくするなといった。

    The doctor advised him not to eat between meals.

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  3. 間食かんしょくは絶対ぜったいにしないって決きめてるの。

    I make it a rule never to eat between meals.

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Kanji in 間食

  • 間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい
  • 食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる

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