食い物・食物|くいものkuimono[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounfood; foodstuff
2. nounprey; victim
   彼かれは私の信頼しんらいを食くいものにした。↗

   He abused my confidence.

• Synonym食品しょくひんNeutralFood products for people to eat; leans formal, seen in 「冷凍食品」「食品売り場」. 「食い物」 is a masculine colloquial word for things to eat.
• Synonym食料品しょくりょうひんNeutralEveryday foodstuffs and groceries, as in 「食料品売り場」; mainly a commercial term.
• Related標的ひょうてきNeutralA target for shooting or attack; carries no sense of eating.
• Related獲物えものNeutralPrey or spoils; the emphasis is on what has been caught or taken.
• RelatedターゲットNeutralLoanword for a target or object of attention, common in marketing; no nuance of being victimized.
• Related餌食えじきNeutralPrey devoured by a predator, or a victim of wrongdoing, as in 「詐欺の餌食」; this covers the victim sense of 「食い物」.
• Related好餌こうじWrittenBait or a lure; also a person easily taken in. A rare word of written prose.
• RelatedいいかもCasualColloquial for an easy mark—someone easily fooled or used, as in 「いいカモにされる」.
• Related格好の的かっこうのまとNeutralA prime target for criticism or attack, as in 「格好の的になる」.

Colloquial 「食い物」 covers things to eat and, figuratively, something exploited, as in 「人を食い物にする」. For everyday neutral use say 「食べ物」, for formal contexts 「食品」. For a victim use 「餌食」 or 「カモ」; for prey 「獲物」, for targets 「標的」 or 「ターゲット」.

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1. 食たべる物もの。食べ物たべもの。