Illustration: At a small Japanese family restaurant, a diner leans forward as a server lowers a steaming hamburger-steak meal onto the table. The diner's eyes are fixed on the food, their mouth forms an eager smile, and both hands already hold utensils poised above an empty place setting.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

食しょく欲よく

shokuyoku

appetite

Example sentences

  1. 最近さいきん食欲しょくよくがないんです。

    Recently I have had no appetite.

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  2. 彼かれは食欲しょくよく旺盛おうせいだ。

    He has a good appetite.

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  3. 今日きょうは食欲しょくよくがあるんだ。

    I have a good appetite today.

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Kanji in 食欲

  • 食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる
  • 欲longing; covetousnessOnヨクKunほっする・ほしい

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