Illustration: In a Japanese workplace cafeteria, employees carry meal trays from a serving counter toward rows of shared tables. Each tray holds rice, soup, and a main dish, while a kitchen worker passes another prepared meal across the counter.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

食しょく堂どう

shokudou

dining hall, cafeteria

It can also mean a casual restaurant. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

食堂しょくどうは何時なんじにあきますか。
What time does the dining room open?
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食堂しょくどうはセルフサービスでした。
The cafeteria was self-service.
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食堂しょくどうはどこですか。
Where is the cafeteria?
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Kanji in 食堂

食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる
堂public chamber; hallOnドウ

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