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給食 (きゅうしょく) — school lunch | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

給食

きゅうしょく

nountransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1school lunch
2providing a meal
3provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.)
4lunch service

Example sentence

彼は給食を食べに行くという趣旨のメモを残した。

He left a note to the effect that he was going out for lunch.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

給Salary, Wage, Gift12 strokes 食Eat, Food9 strokes

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給仕きゅうじ · waiterN1 給与きゅうよ · salaryN2 月給げっきゅう · monthly salaryN2 給料きゅうりょう · salaryN3 供給きょうきゅう ·

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supply

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日給にっきゅう · daily wages

給油所きゅうゆじょ · gas station

配給はいきゅう · distribution (e.g., films, riceN1

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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