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衣食住

いしょくじゅう

noun

Meanings

1food
2clothing and shelter
3food, clothing and shelter
4necessities of life

Example sentence

私達が生きていくためには衣食住が必要です。

We need food, clothes and a home in order to live.

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Kanji in this word

衣Garment, Clothes, Dressing6 strokes 食Eat, Food9 strokes 住Dwell, Reside, Live7 strokes

More words with 衣

衣類いるい · clothesN1 脱衣だつい · undressing 浴衣ゆかた · bathrobeN2 衣服いふく · clothesN3 衣料いりょう · clothingN3

Full entry on Jisho

衣装いしょう · clothingN1

黒衣こくい · black clothes

脱衣所だついじょ · bathroom antechamber

More words with 食

食い込むくいこむ · to bite into (e.g. rope into skin)定食ていしょく · fixed-price lunchN1 主食しゅしょく · staple foodN1 食塩しょくえん · table saltN2 食器しょっき · tablewareN2 食糧しょくりょう · provisionsN3 食品しょくひん · foodstuffN3 食べ物たべもの · foodN5

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