じき
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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"
Kanji used
eat
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
prey; victim
① 肉を食用とすること。② 動物が他の動物の肉を食べて生きていくこと。③ 恋愛に積極的だったり性的に活発だったりすること。
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
Examples (6 in total)
Tom is particular about what he eats.
Do you wash your hands before meals?
He furnished food to the hungry.