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偏食する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 偏食する | 偏食しない |
| Polite | 偏食します | 偏食しません |
| Past polite | 偏食しました | 偏食しませんでした |
| Past | 偏食した | 偏食しなかった |
| Te-form | 偏食して | 偏食しないで |
| Desire | 偏食したい | 偏食したくない |
| Potential | 偏食できる | 偏食できない |
| Passive | 偏食される | 偏食されない |
| Causative | 偏食させる | 偏食させない |
| Causative passive | 偏食させられる | 偏食させられない |
| Volitional | 偏食しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 偏食しましょう | |
| Imperative | 偏食しろ | 偏食するな |
| Conditional | 偏食すれば | 偏食しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 偏食したら | 偏食しなかったら |
Meanings
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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
unbalanced diet; picky eating
Refers to eating only certain foods and avoiding others, often used for children's eating habits or unhealthy dietary patterns. Can be used as a noun or with する to describe the act of eating selectively.
It's hard to fix a child's picky eating habits.
He doesn't eat any vegetables and has a very unbalanced diet.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉が偏食するfor someone to be a picky eater / eat an unbalanced diet
My child is a picky eater, so they don't eat much vegetables.
- 偏食がひどいto have severe picky eating habits
He's such a picky eater that he only eats meat.
- 偏食を直すto correct/fix one's picky eating habits
I tried various dishes in order to fix my picky eating.