食事|しょくじshokuji[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbmeal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
    あなたのロボットは食事しょくじの支度したく、掃除そうじ、皿洗さらあらいその他たの家事かじができるでしょう。↗
    Your robot will prepare meals, clean, wash dishes, and perform other household tasks.
  2. noundiet
    彼女かのじょはやせるために食事しょくじを制限せいげんした。↗
    She went on a reducing diet.
Conjugation
Dictionary form食事する(しょくじする)
Polite (masu)食事します(しょくじします)
Negative (nai)食事しない(しょくじしない)
polite (masen)食事しません(しょくじしません)
classical zu / nu食事せず・食事せぬ(しょくじせず・しょくじせぬ)
Past (ta)食事した(しょくじした)
polite (mashita)食事しました(しょくじしました)
Past negative (nakatta)食事しなかった(しょくじしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)食事しませんでした(しょくじしませんでした)
Te form食事して(しょくじして)
Potential食事できる(しょくじできる)
Passive食事される(しょくじされる)
Causative食事させる(しょくじさせる)
Causative passive食事させられる(しょくじさせられる)
Conditional (ba)食事すれば(しょくじすれば)
tara食事したら(しょくじしたら)
Volitional食事しよう(しょくじしよう)
polite (mashou)食事しましょう(しょくじしましょう)
Imperative食事しろ(しょくじしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonymご飯ごはんNeutralEveryday word for a meal, as in 「ご飯にしよう」; warmer and more casual than 「食事」. Also means cooked rice.
  • Synonym飯めしCasualColloquial and masculine, for eating or a meal: 「飯にしよう」「飯行く?」. Rougher and more casual than 「食事」.
  • Antonym断食だんじきWrittenWritten/formal word for going without food for a set period, e.g. for religious discipline or health regimens; the opposite of 「食事」.
  • Antonym絶食ぜっしょくWrittenWritten/formal word for taking no food at all, e.g. for treatment, tests or protest, as in 「絶食療法」; the opposite of 「食事」.

For eating or a meal, 「食事」 is the default. In everyday speech say 「ご飯」; men being casual say 「飯」. Use 「絶食」 or 「断食」 only for going without food entirely.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 食べ物たべものを食たべること。またはその食べ物たべもの。単たんに食たべるだけでなく、朝食ちょうしょくや夕食ゆうしょくのように文化的ぶんかてき・社会的しゃかいてきな規則きそく性せいがあるものを指さす。それ以外いがいの摂食せっしょくは間食かんしょくという。
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