夕ゆう食しょく

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun

evening meal; dinner; supper

The main evening meal; neutral and widely used in both spoken and written Japanese.

今こん夜やの夕ゆう食しょくはカレーにしよう。
Let's have curry for dinner tonight.
夕ゆう食しょくの後あとで散さん歩ぽに出でかけた。
I went for a walk after dinner.

Usage patterns

夕ゆう食しょくの支し度たくをするto get dinner ready
母ははは夕ゆう食しょくの支し度たくをしている。
My mother is getting dinner ready.
〈人ひと〉を夕ゆう食しょくに誘さそうto invite someone to dinner
彼かの女じょを夕ゆう食しょくに誘さそった。
I invited her to dinner.
夕ゆう食しょくを済すませるto finish having dinner
夕ゆう食しょくを済すませてから出でかけた。
I went out after finishing dinner.
夕ゆう食しょくまでに〈動どう詞し〉to do something by the time of dinner
夕ゆう食しょくまでに宿しゅく題だいを終おわらせたい。
I want to finish my homework by dinner time.

Kanji

夕evening
食eat, food

Related words· 8

夕ゆう飯はんN5
夕食 is the neutral, slightly formal word for the evening meal, while 夕飯 is a common everyday variant heard in casual speech.
晩ばん御ご飯はんN5
夕食 is neutral and used in both speech and writing, whereas 晩ご飯 is a warm, family-style term typically used at home.
晩ばん飯めし
夕食 is polite and neutral, while 晩飯 is a blunt, casual word often used by men or in informal settings.
晩ばん餐さん
夕食 is the everyday word for the evening meal at home, while 晩餐 refers to a formal, ceremonial dinner or banquet.

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夜よるN5
夕食 is the clear, formal word for the evening meal, whereas 夜 used to mean 'dinner' is a casual, context-dependent shorthand.
ディナーN3
夕食 is the neutral, everyday word for the evening meal, while ディナー suggests a Western-style, formal, or special-occasion dinner.
サパー
夕食 is the standard, neutral Japanese word for the evening meal, while サパー is a rarer loanword with a Western or slightly formal feel.
夜よるご飯はん
夕食 is a formal, often written term for dinner, whereas 夜ご飯 is an everyday spoken word.

Opposites

朝ちょう食しょくN3
夕食 refers to the evening meal, while 朝食 refers to the morning meal (breakfast).

Don't confuse with

昼ちゅう食しょくN3
夕食 and 昼食 share the same '食' formation and are easy for learners to mix up, but 夕食 means dinner while 昼食 means lunch.

Counted with

食しょくN1
food; foodstuff · eating; appetite · meal; portion

Word family

夕ゆう食しょく後ご
after dinner; after supper
夕ゆう食しょく時じ
dinnertime; suppertime
朝ちょう夕ゆう食しょく
breakfast and dinner
夕ゆう食しょく抜ぬき
without supper; skipping dinner

Built from

夕ゆう+食しょく

Etymology

Compound of 夕 (evening) and 食 (meal). The reading ゆうしょく is the standard on'yomi combination.