穀こく食しょく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

cereal diet; grain-eating

Refers to a diet based on grains or the act of eating grains. Can be used as a noun, with する to mean 'to eat grains', or as a no-adjective.

• 彼かれは健けん康こうのために穀こく食しょくを心こころがけている。

  He makes a point of eating a grain-based diet for his health.

• 穀こく食しょく中ちゅう心しんの生せい活かつは、昔むかしの日本にほん人じんに一いっ般ぱん的てきだった。

  A grain-centered lifestyle was common among Japanese people in the past.