Illustration: In a family kitchen, a parent portions steamed rice into the bowls accompanying several everyday meal trays. Each tray has different modest side dishes: grilled fish, simmered vegetables, or tofu, but a generous bowl of rice anchors them all.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

主しゅ食しょく

shushoku

staple food

Example sentences

日本にっぽんでは米こめが主食しゅしょくです。
The main diet in Japan is rice.
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日本人にっぽんじんは米こめを主食しゅしょくとしている。
The Japanese live on rice.
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このあたりではジャガイモを主食しゅしょくとしている。
They live on potatoes around here.
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Kanji in 主食

主lord; chiefOnシュ・ス・シュウKunぬし・おも・あるじ
食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる

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