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食 しょく

  1. food; foodstuff
  2. appetite; eating
  3. meal; portion

食 しょく

  1. eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.); occultation

食べる たべる N5

  1. to eat
  2. to live off; to live on (e.g. a salary); to subsist on

食べ物 たべもの N5

  1. food

食堂 しょくどう N5

  1. cafeteria; canteen; dining hall; dining room; messroom
  2. diner; eatery; restaurant; snack bar

食事 しょくじ N4

  1. meal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
  2. diet

食料品 しょくりょうひん N4

  1. foodstuff; groceries

食う くう N3

  1. to eat
  2. to live; to make a living; to survive
  3. to bite; to sting (as insects do)
  4. to make fun of; to make light of; to taunt; to tease; to torment
  5. to consume; to eat into; to encroach on
  6. to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
  7. to consume resources; to consume time
  8. to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
  9. to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

食卓 しょくたく N3

  1. dining table

食品 しょくひん N3

  1. food; food products; foodstuffs
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