食卓

How to remember it

食 (eat) + 卓 (table) = the table where family meals are shared.

Example sentences

• 家族が食卓を囲む。

  かぞくがしょくたくをかこむ。

  The family gathers around the dining table.

• 食卓に花を飾った。

  しょくたくにはなをかざった。

  I decorated the dining table with flowers.

Usage

Warm, slightly literary; evokes shared family meals rather than the furniture itself.

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