Illustration: During a picnic beside a Japanese riverside park, an adult opens a compartmented lunch box containing rice balls, grilled fish, cooked vegetables, and apple slices. A child seated beside the box lifts a bite toward their mouth with chopsticks, keeping the actual edible contents central.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

食しょく物もつ

shokumotsu

food

Often used in general statements and compounds. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 食物しょくもつは生いきるために必要ひつようだ。

    Food is essential to life.

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  2. 食物しょくもつアレルギーはありますか？

    Do you have any food allergies?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 緑色植物りょくしょくしょくぶつは自分自身じぶんじしんの食物しょくもつを作つくることができる。

    Green plants can make their own food.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 食物

  • 食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる
  • 物thing; objectOnブツ・モツKunもの・もの-

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