食卓
しょくたく · shokutaku
Dining table
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Example sentences
父は食卓でいつも黙って食べる。
ちちはしょくたくでいつもだまってたべる。
My father always eats silently at the dinner table.
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私は母と一緒に食卓を囲むのが何よりの楽しみだ。
わたしはははといっしょにしょくたくをかこむのがなによりのたのしみだ。
Sharing the table with my mother is my greatest pleasure.
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父は食卓で新聞を読むのが習慣だ。
ちちはしょくたくでしんぶんをよむのがしゅうかんだ。
My father has a habit of reading the newspaper at the table.
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父は食卓で家族に今日あった出来事を話してくれた。
ちちはしょくたくでかぞくにきょうあったできごとをはなしてくれた。
My father told us at the dinner table about what happened today.
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What does 食卓 mean?
Dining table.
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しょくたく (shokutaku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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