Keyword
provisions
Info
FrequencyTop 1800-1900
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig995
Readings
かて
(18%)
ろう
(9%)
Composed of
rice
quantity
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
(army) provisions; food
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
one's daily bread
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
military provisions and cavalry horse fodder
food crisis; food-supply crisis
supply line; supply of provisions
food for thought
rice (as provisions)
food and clothing
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (Organisation); FAO
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
field ration; combat ration
one's daily bread
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
Examples (12 in total)
The government provided us with food.
We have ample food.
Food has been in short supply.