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食事制限 (しょくじせいげん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

食しょく事じ制せい限げん

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Meanings

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noun

dietary restriction

Refers to limiting food intake or specific foods, often for health, medical, or religious reasons.

医い者しゃから食しょく事じ制せい限げんを指し示じされた。
The doctor prescribed dietary restrictions.
アレルギーのため、厳きびしい食しょく事じ制せい限げんがある。
I have strict dietary restrictions due to allergies.

Written forms

食しょく事じ制せい限げん
Standard kanji spelling for dietary restriction.
食しょく餌じ制せい限げん
Rare variant using 食餌 (diet/food); mostly seen in older or technical contexts.

Kanji

食eat, food
事matter, thing, fact
制system, law, rule
限limit, restrict, to best of ability
餌food, bait, prey

Similar words

ダイエット
ダイエット often implies weight-loss dieting, while 食事制限 is broader and can include medical or religious food restrictions.
食しょく事じ療りょう法ほう
食事療法 is dietary therapy or medical nutrition treatment, whereas 食事制限 is simply the restriction itself.

Etymology

Compound of 食事 (meal, diet) and 制限 (restriction, limit).