しょく
Meanings
Noun
1. food; foodstuff
2. eating; appetite
when read as "しょく"
Counter
Noun
3. meal; portion
when read as "しょく"
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (181 in total)
meal; dinner; diet
staff canteen
sampling food; tasting; trying
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
bed and food; eating and sleeping
overeating
three meals (a day)
fasting
before meals
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
voracity; ravenousness
overeating; gluttony
light meal
staple food
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
usual diet; vegetarian food; vegetarian diet
eating (something) raw
in-flight meal
evening meal; dinner
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
dining together; mess
dental caries; tooth decay
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
after a meal
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
food and drink; eating and drinking
vegetable diet
meal with family members eating separate foods; eating alone (not with one's family); food sold in single servings
square bread; Pullman loaf; sandwich loaf; bread
appetite (for food)
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
table salt
edible part
food and (alcoholic) drink
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
taste; flavour; flavor
food for soldiers and noncommissioned officers
love of eating (a particular food, dish, etc.)
ingredient; foodstuff
dining table
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
school cafeteria
food; food products; foodstuffs
food expense
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
eating out; dining out
for use as food; edible
eating habits
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
preserved foods
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
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
emergency rations
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
meat (for consumption)
eating between meals; snacking
unbalanced diet
Japanese food; Japanese meal
cannibalism; anthropophagism
every meal
food and clothing; livelihood; living; to feed and clothe
to have a good appetite
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
rest after a meal
food poisoning
simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
eating (something) raw
dining table; a dish (type of food)
hospital food; hospital meals
gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie
gourmand; epicure
packed meal; packed food; packed lunch; bag lunch
liquid food (diet)
eating only a little; having a small appetite
invalid diet; diet for the sick; diet for patients
bread-centered diet (as opposed to rice)
occultation (by the Moon)
supper; dinner
rice-based or centered diet (centred)
red food coloring; red food colouring
feeding habit (e.g. of an animal); feeding habitat
taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet
damage to crops by vermin (esp. insects); pest damage
dishwasher; dishwashing machine
side dish; supplementary food
sparsely eating; having a small appetite
high-energy food (climbing, etc.); backpacking food; provisions; rations
a balanced diet leads to a healthy body; healthy food both prevents and cures sickness
natural food; health food
food universally loved by all citizens; comfort food
entomophagy; insect eating
annular eclipse
cutting down on food intake; reducing rations; reducing allowance of food
corrosion-resistant
food safety; food security
idle life; idleness
field ration (Sengoku period)
substitute food
traditional food; ancestral food
dietary supplement (for sports); energy supplement; nutritional supplement
eat one's words; break one's promises
eating cooked food
(loaf of) bread; bread in a rectangular shape
allotriophagy; pica
solid food; solids
wind erosion
one who generally eats a lot
Mediterranean diet
meal time; mealtime
living in idleness
field ration
home cooking; eating at home
home cooking; eating at home
edible grass (for insects); larval food plant
to lose one's appetite
bacteria capable of causing food poisoning
ready-made meal; home meal replacement; HMR
ready-made meal; home meal replacement; HMR
phagocytosis
accidental ingestion
vinegar; table vinegar
meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan)
total eclipse (solar or lunar); totality
maximum eclipse; maximum obscuration
(water) erosion
phase of an eclipse
good appetite
coprophagia; coprophagy; scatophagy; eating feces (faeces)
therapeutic diet; therapeutic food
proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles
eating rice; (cereal) grains
alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)
English bread; roundtop bread; high tin loaf
local cuisine; regional cuisine
food reportage (on TV)
fruit eating; eating fruit
partial eclipse
carnivores (i.e. animals of the order Carnivora)
low-salt diet; low-sodium diet
partial eclipse
wave erosion
kanji "food" radical at left
edible mushroom
sitting heavy in one's stomach; remaining undigested
Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice
basic food elements (protein, fat, carbohydrates, water, minerals)
emergency food
eclipsing variable
blood feud; domestic discord
food served on a table (esp. food served on a small Japanese table)
eating only one's favourite food; having an unvarying diet; eating poorly
eating only one's favourite food; having an unvarying diet; eating poorly
stipend (usu. paid in kind); salary
ketogenic diet; keto-diet food
low-carbohydrate diet; low-carb diet; carbohydrate-restricted diet
defense rations
heat sterilized meat product
restaurant; eatery
salary; stipend
Examples (6 in total)
Tom is particular about what he eats.
Do you wash your hands before meals?
He furnished food to the hungry.