Illustration: In the storage area beside a Japanese community hall kitchen, volunteers organize large sacks of rice, clear containers of dried beans, and bundles of dried noodles onto low shelves. One volunteer scoops rice from an open sack into a large communal cooking pot while another steadies the sack.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

食しょく糧りょう

shokuryou

food supplies, provisions

Often refers to staple foods or emergency supplies. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 食糧しょくりょうが不足ふそくしている。

    Food has been in short supply.

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  2. 食糧しょくりょうが尽つきた。

    We ran out of food.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 政府せいふは我々われわれに食糧しょくりょうを供給きょうきゅうした。

    The government provided us with food.

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Kanji in 食糧

  • 食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる
  • 糧provisions; foodOnリョウ・ロウKunかて

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