How do you read 食事?

食事 is read しょくじする (shokuji).

How is 食事 used in a sentence?

食事は九時までです。 — The meal is until nine o'clock.

How do you write 食事 in romaji?

食事 is written shokuji in romaji.

What kanji are in 食事?

食 (Eat, Food); 事 (Matter, Thing).

食事しょくじする

Q: What JLPT level is 食事?

食事 is a JLPT N4 word (upper beginner).

しょくじする · shokuji

JLPT N4 › noun ★ Studied by 13 learners

Meal, dinner

diet

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Example sentences

食事は九時までです。

しょくじはくじまでです。

The meal is until nine o'clock.

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父と一緒にレストランで食事しました。

ちちといっしょにれすとらんでしょくじしました。

I had a meal with my father at a restaurant.

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部屋で食事をします。

へやでしょくじをします。

I will eat in the room.

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食事の準備から片付けまで、母は一人でやった。

しょくじのじゅんびからかたづけまで、はははひとりでやった。

From preparing the meal to cleaning up, Mother did it alone.

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Kanji in this word

食Eat, Food 音しょく・じき訓く.う・く.らう JLPT N5 · 9 strokes 事Matter, Thing, Fact 音じ・ず訓こと・つか.う JLPT N4 · 8 strokes

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Words that share a kanji

食器しょっきtableware 食事しょくじするmeal 給食きゅうしょくschool lunch, providing a meal 主食しゅしょくstaple food 食堂しょくどうcafeteria, dining hall 食卓しょくたくdining table 事ことthing(s), matter(s), fact 仕事しごとwork, job, occupation, employment

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What does 食事 mean?

Meal, dinner. It can also mean: diet.

How do you pronounce 食事?

しょくじする (shokuji). Press Listen above to hear it.

What JLPT level is 食事?

JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.

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