JLPT N5 · Noun

食堂 (shokudou)

食堂 (しょくどう, shokudou) is a Japanese noun meaning “dining room; dining hall”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しょくどう
Romaji: shokudou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; canteen; messroom · noun
restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner · noun

Example sentences

私達の家は食堂を含めて７部屋あります。

Our house has seven rooms including the dining room.

Tatoeba #151991

私は角を曲がって、開店早々の食堂を見つけた。

I turned the corner and caught sight of a newly opened restaurant.

Tatoeba #157887

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

Kanji in 食堂

食

eat, foodショク・ジキ・く.う・く.らう · 9 strokes

堂

public chamber, hallドウ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 食堂.

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食物しょくもつfood食欲しょくよくappetite (for food)食料しょくりょうfood食糧しょくりょうfood (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat)食うくうto eat昼食ちゅうしょくlunch食塩しょくえんtable salt食器しょっきtableware

Source: JMdict entry 1358550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.