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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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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
- —草食男子man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
- —飲食料品food and beverage
- —食もたれsitting heavy in one's stomach; remaining undigested
- —食事制限dietary restriction
- —外食事業restaurant industry; dining-out industry
- —採食行動feed intake behavior; feeding behavior; foraging behavior; grazing behaviour
- —食糧危機food crisis; food-supply crisis
- —食品表示food labeling; food labelling
- —加工食品processed food
- —食用色素food coloring; food colouring; food dye
- —発酵食品fermented food
- —食器洗いdishwashing; doing dishes
- —即席食品convenience food; instant food
- —応力腐食stress corrosion
- —肉食女子carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men; woman who likes eating meat
- —部分日食partial solar eclipse
- —地中海食Mediterranean diet
- —新食糧法Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
- —食の安全food safety; food security
- —食品偽装mislabelling of food (e.g. expiry date, country of origin, etc.); food fraud