Illustration: In a Japanese home kitchen, a family brings a simple meal from the worktop to a low dining table. A pot of cooked rice, grilled fish, leafy vegetables, miso soup, and cut fruit form a clear, varied spread. Near the cutting board remain the raw vegetables and ingredients used to prepare it.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

食しょく

shoku

food

Often appears in compounds such as 日本食. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. トムは食しょくにうるさい。

    Tom is particular about what he eats.

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  2. 病院びょういん食しょくなんか大嫌だいきらい。

    I hate hospital food.

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  3. 日本にほん食しょくはお好すきですか。

    Do you like Japanese food?

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Kanji in 食

  • 食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる

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