朝ちょう食しょく

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

The standard, somewhat formal word for the morning meal. In casual conversation, 朝ごはん (asagohan) is more common.

朝ちょう食しょくを取とるto have/eat breakfast
毎まい朝あさ七しち時じに朝ちょう食しょくを取とります。
I have breakfast at seven every morning.
朝ちょう食しょく付つきbreakfast included (e.g. with a hotel room)
このホテルは朝ちょう食しょく付つきのプランがある。
This hotel has a plan that includes breakfast.
朝ちょう食しょく抜ぬきskipping breakfast
最さい近きんは朝ちょう食しょく抜ぬきで学がっ校こうに行いくことが多おおい。
Lately I often go to school without eating breakfast.
朝ちょう食しょくの準じゅん備びをするto prepare breakfast
母ははは毎まい朝あさ早はやく起おきて朝ちょう食しょくの準じゅん備びをする。
My mother gets up early every morning to prepare breakfast.

朝あさごはんN5
朝食 is the formal, slightly written word for breakfast, while 朝ごはん is the casual term people use in everyday speech.
朝あさN5
朝 used alone for breakfast is casual, whereas 朝食 is the more formal or written term for the same meal.

夕ゆう食しょくN3
夕食 refers to the evening meal, while 朝食 refers to the morning meal (breakfast).

朝あさ飯めしplainN1
朝食 is the formal, written-register word for breakfast, while 朝飯 is a casual, somewhat masculine term used among friends or family.
朝あさごはんplainN5
朝食 is the formal, written-register word for the morning meal, while 朝ごはん is the everyday, casual term used in speech.

Compound of 朝 (chō, 'morning') and 食 (shoku, 'meal'). The reading is on'yomi, reflecting its Sino-Japanese origin.