Kanji
Readingしょく
Frequency34%
Used in (516 in total)
meal; dinner; diet
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
evening meal; dinner
ingredient; foodstuff
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
appetite (for food)
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
school cafeteria
food; foodstuff
after a meal
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
food; food products; foodstuffs
overeating; gluttony
sampling food; tasting; trying
predation; eating prey; preying upon
set meal; special (of the day)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
carnivore; carnivorous animal
erosion; corrosion
dining together; mess
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
food expense
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
to have a meal; to take a meal
eating out; dining out
for use as food; edible
food and drink; eating and drinking
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
three meals (a day)
restaurant with only set meals
bed and food; eating and sleeping
one meal; one meal (a day)
dinnertime; suppertime
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
stand-up meal; buffet
food storage; provision store; pantry
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
epicure; gourmet
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
meat (for consumption)
eating between meals; snacking
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
cost of a meal (or meals)
unbalanced diet
gluttony; satiation; engorgement
Japanese food; Japanese meal
cannibalism; anthropophagism
food and clothing; livelihood; living; to feed and clothe
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
solar eclipse
insectivorous plants; carnivorous plants
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
index finger; forefinger
to have a good appetite
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
rest after a meal
dine and dash; leaving a restaurant without paying
charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee
food poisoning
food (esp. for a medical diet)
eating (something) raw
simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
great eater; glutton
(standing) buffet party
perishable foods; perishables
dining table; a dish (type of food)
tasting a food that one has previously heard of
to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to
daily meals; three regular meals a day
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
hospital food; hospital meals
gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie
drinking and eating too much
daily food; regular diet; staple food
packed meal; packed food; packed lunch; bag lunch
daily set meal; daily special; plat du jour
dietary fiber; dietary fibre
meal ticket; meal voucher
lunar eclipse
lack of appetite; anorexia
voracity; ravenousness
Kodomo Shokudō; project to provide free or inexpensive meals to impoverished Japanese children
packed and sterilised food; retort pack
encroachment; making inroads (into); (slow but steady) invasion
eating only a little; having a small appetite
Japanese (school) lunchroom; Japanese (school) cafeteria
food crisis; food-supply crisis
invalid diet; diet for the sick; diet for patients
bread-centered diet (as opposed to rice)
staff canteen
small toy sold with food; premium
being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of)
omnivorousness; polyphagia; omnivorous; polyphagous
being responsible for school lunch distribution and clean-up
occultation (by the Moon)
autumn, season of good appetite
supper; dinner
plastic food models used by restaurants
restaurant industry; restaurant business; catering industry
physiological saline; normal saline; saline solution
food and (alcoholic) drink
vegetable diet
man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
living off (a person); sponging off; parasitism
schoolchild without lunch
rice-based or centered diet (centred)
feeding habit (e.g. of an animal); feeding habitat
set meal with grilled meat
red food coloring; red food colouring
meal time; mealtime
carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men
taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet
side dish; supplementary food
dietary education; nutrition education; food education
no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.); no eating or drinking
surfeit; glut; being fed up; food poisoning
damage to crops by vermin (esp. insects); pest damage
side dish; supplementary food
restaurant; eatery
frozen food; eating raw food; Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice
without having supper
taste; flavour; flavor
causticity; corrosiveness
dishwasher; dishwashing machine
carnivorousness; carnivorous
sparsely eating; having a small appetite
(Japanese) restaurant
carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men; woman who likes eating meat
feeding; feed
medical diet; diet therapy; medical nutrition therapy
high-energy food (climbing, etc.); backpacking food; provisions; rations
eating lightly (to save money, food, calories, etc.)
natural food; health food
having a meal; eating something
nutritional supplement; dietary supplement
food universally loved by all citizens; comfort food
food sampling area (e.g. in a supermarket)
a balanced diet leads to a healthy body; healthy food both prevents and cures sickness
decrease in appetite; loss of appetite
entomophagy; insect eating
man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
dining with one's superior; dining with one's superiors
missing a meal
delivering food (to elderly); meals on wheels
binge eating; bulimarexia
refusing food
mislabelling of food (e.g. expiry date, country of origin, etc.); food fraud
cutting down on food intake; reducing rations; reducing allowance of food
idling one's time away
communal eating of food that has been offered to a god; sacrificial meal; eating together (with family, friends, etc.); communal dining
natural foods; organic food
idle life; idleness
food safety; food security
well-fed, well-bred; the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite
food for specified health uses (e.g. cholesterol reduction); FOSHU; designated health food
cafeteria; snack bar; lunch counter
field ration (Sengoku period)
restaurant (esp. in a hotel or inn); dining hall; dining room
corrosion-resistant
big eater; trencherman; glutton
herbivorous; graminivorous
traditional food; ancestral food
dietary supplement (for sports); energy supplement; nutritional supplement
lunch monitor; student responsible for school lunch distribution and clean-up
home cooking; eating at home
meal with family members eating separate foods; eating alone (not with one's family); food sold in single servings
simple life; frugal life
omnivore; omnivorous animal
eat one's words; break one's promises
cannibals; cannibal tribe
stipend given to a designated person, such as a noble, and which was paid by a designated household (ritsuryo system)
eating cooked food
Japanese-style set menu
man who is neither overly aggressive nor overly passive in pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) omnivore
well-fed and well-dressed
inspection of food (before it is served at a school, nursing home, etc.); food sample (used to determine the source of contamination in the event of food poisoning)
solid food; solids
allotriophagy; pica
total eclipse of the Moon
dental caries; tooth decay
(loaf of) bread; bread in a rectangular shape
food for soldiers and noncommissioned officers
one who generally eats a lot
heavy eating and drinking; gorging and swilling; drinking like a cow and eating like a horse
drinking like a fish and eat like a horse; eating mountains of food and drink oceans of liquor
living room-cum-dining room
living in idleness
edible grass (for insects); larval food plant
powdered food; food made from flour
caustic; corrosive agent; etching reagent; escharotic
living in idleness
love of eating (a particular food, dish, etc.)
food coloring; food colouring; food dye
to lose one's appetite
ready-made meal; home meal replacement; HMR
marine erosion
heavy eating
restaurant industry; dining-out industry
meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan)
bacteria capable of causing food poisoning
accidental ingestion
taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet; dietetics; macrobiotics; macrobiotic diet
eating with a guest; nominal official (a slighting term)
glacial scouring; glacial erosion; glacial abrasion
vinegar; table vinegar
phase of an eclipse
lacking the talent to do anything but eat
physiological saline; normal saline; saline solution
loss of appetite; reduction in appetite; anorexia
distribution and trading system for meat; slaughterhouse (euphemism); abattoir
field ration; combat ration
good appetite
food labeling; food labelling
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (Organisation); FAO
coprophagia; coprophagy; scatophagy; eating feces (faeces)
total eclipse (solar or lunar); totality
good appetite and good bowel movements; enjoying one's food and having regular stools
cereal diet; grain-eating
proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles
food expenses; food prices
therapeutic diet; therapeutic food
square bread; Pullman loaf; sandwich loaf; bread
alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)
food reportage (on TV)
current era of excessive eating; era in which there is more than enough food; age of plenty; age of plentiful food
English bread; roundtop bread; high tin loaf
food tray (usu. styrofoam)
edible chrysanthemum
foraging; feeding
eating rice; (cereal) grains
breakfast voucher; breakfast coupon
local cuisine; regional cuisine
usual diet; vegetarian food; vegetarian diet
partial eclipse
very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day
feed intake behavior; feeding behavior; foraging behavior; grazing behaviour
nominal (figurehead) minister; titular minister
staple food; main article of diet
saprovore; saprozoic organism; saprophagous animal; scavenger
sitting heavy in one's stomach; remaining undigested
shabby clothes and plain foods
fruit eating; eating fruit
basic food elements (protein, fat, carbohydrates, water, minerals)
animal sacrifice
resting after a meal is sacrosanct; (lit.) even if your parents have just died, take a rest after your meal
eating in quiet; eating without talking
Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice
kanji "food" radical at left
edible mushroom
carnivores (i.e. animals of the order Carnivora)
Japanese style restaurant; Japanese style dining hall
low-salt diet; low-sodium diet
convenience food; instant food
eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)
dry rot; dry corrosion
(water) erosion
maximum eclipse; maximum obscuration
wave erosion
an anti-corrosive (agent)
eating a lot, drinking a lot, and on top of that, eating mochi
eating into (esp. insects and larvae eating into fruit, etc.)
standard tables of food composition in Japan
raw veganism; raw foodism
Polyphaga (suborder of beetles)
on-site provision of school meals
eating only one's favourite food; having an unvarying diet; eating poorly
ketogenic diet; keto-diet food
meals on wheels; food delivery service (to elderly living at home)
to charge for one's meal
salt equivalent; sodium chloride equivalent
displaying or posting images of appetizing food on social media, television, etc. late at night; (lit.) late-night food terrorism
revival of Japanese food
vegan diet; plant-based diet
insectivorous; entomophagous
electrolytic corrosion
artificial food (fabricated to resemble rare or expensive foods)
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
protection against corrosion
blood feud; domestic discord
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
cooking oil; food oil
fluvial erosion
corrosion; dissolution
Westernization of food; Westernization of dietary habits
creophagism; creophagy; carnism
well-cooked food; well-boiled food
wet corrosion
(food) hoarding
Korean cuisine; Korean food
stipend (usu. paid in kind); salary
food served on a table (esp. food served on a small Japanese table)
assisting at dinner; dining with a superior
vegetarian diet; vegetarian food
incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister
wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
sea cave; marine cave
genetically modified foods; genetically engineered foods
Taiwanese vegetarian cuisine
tray of traditional Japanese food
wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
low-carbohydrate diet; low-carb diet; carbohydrate-restricted diet
small toy sold with food; premium
good appetite and pleasant sleep; enjoying one's food and sleeping well
larder; pantry; stillroom; buttery
being well fed and warmly clothed
salary; stipend