Illustration: At the checkout of a small neighborhood supermarket, a parent opens a household coin purse beside a basket of everyday groceries: rice, tofu, eggs, leafy vegetables, and fish. Several coins already lie in the payment tray, and the purse is nearly empty.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

食しょく費ひ

shokuhi

food expenses

Example sentences

この金かねは食費しょくひになる。
This money goes for food.
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われわれの金かねのほとんどが食費しょくひになる。
Most of our money goes for food.
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彼女かのじょは収入しゅうにゅうの大部分だいぶぶんを食費しょくひに使つかう。
She spends a major part of her income on food.
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Kanji in 食費

食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる
費expense; costOnヒKunついやす・ついえる

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