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衣食住
いしょくじゅう
N2
noun
Meanings
1
food
2
clothing and shelter
3
food, clothing and shelter
4
necessities 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.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 衣食住 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
衣
Garment, Clothes, Dressing
6 strokes
食
Eat, Food
9 strokes
住
Dwell, Reside, Live
7 strokes
More words with
衣
衣装
いしょう ·
clothing
N1
衣料
いりょう ·
clothing
N3
衣類
いるい ·
clothes
N1
衣服
いふく ·
clothes
N3
浴衣
ゆかた ·
bathrobe
N2
衣
ころも ·
clothes
脱衣所
だついじょ ·
bathroom antechamber
衣料品
いりょうひん ·
clothing
More words with
食
食品
しょくひん ·
foodstuff
N3
食事
しょくじ ·
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
食事
しょくじする ·
meal
N4
食料
しょくりょう ·
food
N3
昼食
ちゅうしょく ·
lunch (same as 昼ご飯 (ひるごはん))
N3
夕食
ゆうしょく ·
evening meal
給食
きゅうしょく ·
school lunch
N1
食べ物
たべもの ·
food
N5
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