主しゅ食しょく

しゅ

しょ

く

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to the main carbohydrate source in a meal, such as rice, bread, or noodles, as opposed to side dishes.

The staple food of Japanese people is rice.

パンが主しゅ食しょくの国くにもあります。

There are also countries where bread is the staple food.

〈物もの〉を主しゅ食しょくにするto make something one's staple food
日本にほん人じんは米こめを主しゅ食しょくにしている。
Japanese people make rice their staple food.
主しゅ食しょくは〈物もの〉だthe staple food is X
この地ち域いきの主しゅ食しょくはパンです。
The staple food in this region is bread.

副ふく食しょく
副食 means side dishes or supplementary food, contrasting with 主食 which is the main staple.
おかず
おかず is a more casual, everyday term for side dishes eaten with rice, while 主食 is a formal term for the staple itself.

副ふく食しょく
主食 is the main starch-based part of a meal (rice, bread, noodles), while 副食 refers to the side dishes eaten alongside it.
おかずN4
主食 is the formal term for the staple food of a meal, whereas おかず is the casual, everyday word for the side dishes that accompany it.
総そう菜ざい
主食 is the staple food (like rice or bread) that forms the base of a meal, while 惣菜 refers to the side dishes eaten alongside it.

Compound of 主 (しゅ, 'main') and 食 (しょく, 'food' or 'meal'). The reading is on'yomi.