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食 kanji
eat, food
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ショクジキ
Kun readings
くうくらうたべるはむ
Variant forms
飠Words with 食
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —塩蔵食品salted food
- —皆既日食total solar eclipse
- —弱肉強食the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
- —食事付きwith meals included
- —食物繊維dietary fiber; dietary fibre
- —食糧援助food assistance
- —食糧配給food distribution
- —食糧不足food shortage
- —暴飲暴食excessive drinking and eating; overeating and overdrinking
- —無為徒食idling one's time away
- —無銭飲食dine and dash; leaving a restaurant without paying
- —鯨飲馬食drinking like a fish and eating like a horse; eating mountains of food and drinking oceans of liquor
- —牛飲馬食heavy eating and drinking; gorging and swilling; drinking like a cow and eating like a horse
- —食料品店grocer; grocery store
- —伴食大臣nominal (figurehead) minister; titular minister
- —無芸大食lacking the talent to do anything but eat
- —酸性食品acid(ic) foods
- —簡易食堂cafeteria; snack bar; lunch counter
- —自然食品natural foods; organic food
- —菜食主義vegetarianism