JLPT N3 · Noun

食糧 (shokuryou)

食糧 (しょくりょう, shokuryou) is a Japanese noun meaning “food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しょくりょう
Romaji: shokuryou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply · noun

Example sentences

食糧が不足している。

Food has been in short supply.

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

Kanji in 食糧

食

eat, foodショク・ジキ・く.う・く.らう · 9 strokes

糧

provisions, food, breadリョウ・ロウ・かて · 18 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 食糧.

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 1358690 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.