食物

しょくもつ

Food, nourishment

N3noun·shokumotsu

How to remember it

食 + 物 (thing) = a thing to eat; food in the broadest sense.

Example sentences

  • 食物を消化する。

    しょくもつをしょうかする。

    To digest food.

  • 健康な食物が必要だ。

    けんこうなしょくもつがひつようだ。

    Healthy food is necessary.

Usage

Formal, often scientific word for food; 食べ物 is the casual everyday equivalent.

Related words

食べ物食料食品栄養

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