JLPT N2 · Noun

衣食住 (ishokujuu)

衣食住 (いしょくじゅう, ishokujuu) is a Japanese noun meaning “food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いしょくじゅう
Romaji: ishokujuu
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life · noun

Example sentences

私達が生きていくためには衣食住が必要です。

We need food, clothes and a home in order to live.

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

Kanji in 衣食住

衣

garment, clothes, dressingイ・エ・ころも・きぬ · 6 strokes

食

eat, foodショク・ジキ・く.う・く.らう · 9 strokes

住

dwell, reside, liveジュウ・ヂュウ・す.む・す.まう · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 衣食住.

衣服いふくclothes衣料いりょうclothing浴衣ゆかたyukata衣類いるいclothes衣装いしょうclothing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)

Source: JMdict entry 1158780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.