食

食	Meanings: eat, eating, food, meal On Readings: ショク shoku, ジキ jiki Kun Readings: た（べる） ta(beru), く（う） ku(u), く（らう） ku(rau) Most Used Pronunciation: ta(beru) JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 食 Stroke Number: 9

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Common jukugo
和食 - わ　しょく wa shoku - Japanese style food
給食 - きゅう　しょく kyuu shoku - school lunch
食堂 - しょくどう shoku dou - cafeteria, dining room

Useful Examples
Japanese: 二時に食べましょう。
Romaji: ni ji ni tabemashou.
English: Let's eat at 2 O'clock.

Japanese: 何か食べたいですか？
Romaji: nani ka tabetai desu ka?
English: Would you like something to eat?

Japanese: ケーキを半分食べました。
Romaji: ke-ki o hanbun tabemashita.
English: (I) ate half of the cake.

Japanese: 納豆を食べ過ぎました。
Romaji: nattou o tabe sugimashita.
English: I ate too much nattou.

Japanese: 昼ごはんを食べませんでした。
Romaji: hiru gohan o tabemasen deshita.
English: I didn't eat lunch.

Japanese: 日本人はイギリス人より牛肉を食べる。
Romaji: nihonjin wa igirisunin yori gyuuniku o taberu.
English: Nowadays, the Japanese eat more beef than the British do.

Japanese: 肉を食べる前に細かく切るべきです。
Romaji: niku o taberu mae ni komakaku kiru beki desu.
English: You should cut up your meat before you eat it.

Japanese: 日本では米が主食です。
Romaji: nihon de wa kome ga shushoku desu.
English: The main diet in Japan is rice.

Japanese: にんにくは食べ物の味をよくすることに使われる。
Romaji: ninniku wa tabemono no aji o yoku suru koto ni tsukawareru.
English: Garlic is used to improve the taste of food.

Japanese: 大きく強く成長するためには野菜を食べなさい。
Romaji: ookiku tsuyoku seichou suru tame ni wa yasai o tabenasai.
English: Eat your vegetables so that you will grow up to be big and strong.

Japanese: 昼食用にサンドイッチか何かを作って上げましょう。
Romaji: chuushoku you ni sandoicchi ka nani ka o tsukutte agemashou.
English: I'll fix a sandwich or something for your lunch.

Japanese: フルコースもあれば、サラダで軽いお食事もオーケー。
Romaji: furuko-su mo areba, sarada de karui oshokuji mo o-ke-.
English: You can eat a complete meal. Or just go easy with our salad bar.

Japanese: もうすぐ昼食時です、手を休めて軽く食べませんか。
Romaji: mou sugu chuushokudoki desu, te o yasumete karuku tabemasen ka.
English: It's nearly lunchtime. Why don't we stop to have a bite to eat?

Japanese: お皿のものを全部食べなければ、デザートはありません。
Romaji: osara no mono o zenbu tabenakereba, deza-to wa arimasen.
English: Eat everything on your plate, or you won't get any dessert.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
It looks like a person reclining under his roof eating something