JLPT N3 · Noun

食欲 (shokuyoku)

食欲 (しょくよく, shokuyoku) is a Japanese noun meaning “appetite (for food)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しょくよく
Romaji: shokuyoku
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

appetite (for food) · noun

Example sentences

最近食欲がないんです。

Recently I have had no appetite.

Tatoeba #170622

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

Kanji in 食欲

食

eat, foodショク・ジキ・く.う・く.らう · 9 strokes

欲

longing, covetousness, greedヨク・ほっ.する・ほ.しい · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 食欲.

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 1358660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.