JLPT N3 · Noun

昼食 (chuushoku)

昼食 (ちゅうしょく, chuushoku) is a Japanese noun meaning “lunch; midday meal”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ちゅうしょく
Romaji: chuushoku
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

lunch; midday meal · noun

Example sentences

今日は昼食をとる時間がない。

I don't have enough time to eat lunch today.

Tatoeba #171543

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 昼食

昼

daytime, noonチュウ・ひる · 9 strokes

食

eat, foodショク・ジキ・く.う・く.らう · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 昼食.

昼ひるnoon昼御飯ひるごはんlunch昼間ひるまdaytime昼休みひるやすみlunch breakお昼おひるlunch昼寝ひるね(afternoon) nap昼飯ひるめしlunch食堂しょくどうdining room食べ物たべものfood食べるたべるto eat食事しょくじmeal (e.g. lunch, dinner)食料品しょくりょうひんfoodstuff食卓しょくたくdining table食品しょくひんfood

Source: JMdict entry 1602330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.