暴食|ぼうしょくboushoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbovereating; gluttony
Conjugation
Dictionary form暴食する(ぼうしょくする)
Polite (masu)暴食します(ぼうしょくします)
Negative (nai)暴食しない(ぼうしょくしない)
polite (masen)暴食しません(ぼうしょくしません)
classical zu / nu暴食せず・暴食せぬ(ぼうしょくせず・ぼうしょくせぬ)
Past (ta)暴食した(ぼうしょくした)
polite (mashita)暴食しました(ぼうしょくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)暴食しなかった(ぼうしょくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)暴食しませんでした(ぼうしょくしませんでした)
Te form暴食して(ぼうしょくして)
Potential暴食できる(ぼうしょくできる)
Passive暴食される(ぼうしょくされる)
Causative暴食させる(ぼうしょくさせる)
Causative passive暴食させられる(ぼうしょくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)暴食すれば(ぼうしょくすれば)
tara暴食したら(ぼうしょくしたら)
Volitional暴食しよう(ぼうしょくしよう)
polite (mashou)暴食しましょう(ぼうしょくしましょう)
Imperative暴食しろ(ぼうしょくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym過食かしょくWrittenWritten/formal prose term for excessive eating; leans medical, as in 「過食症」.
  • Synonym食べ過ぎたべすぎNeutralEveryday, neutral noun for eating too much; milder and more euphemistic than 「暴食」.
  • Synonym食いすぎくいすぎCasualColloquial noun for eating too much, whether once or habitually. More everyday than 「暴食」 and without its greedy, gluttonous feel.
  • Related食べ過ぎるたべすぎるNeutralNeutral verb for overeating, once or over the long term; softer than 「暴食」.
  • Related貪食どんしょくWrittenWritten/formal prose for greedy, voracious eating; close in sense to 「暴食」.
  • Related食いすぎるくいすぎるCasualColloquial verb for eating too much; rougher than 「食べ過ぎる」.
  • Antonym節食せっしょくWrittenWritten/formal prose antonym: keeping food intake down, the opposite of 「暴食」's unrestrained gorging.

For unrestrained, gluttonous eating use 「暴食」, often as 「暴飲暴食」; in everyday speech say 「食べ過ぎ」; in medical contexts use 「過食」; the opposite is 「節食」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 過度かどに食べ物たべものを食たべること。
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