菜さい食しょく

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

vegetable diet; vegetarian diet

Refers to a diet consisting mainly of vegetables, often contrasted with 肉食 (meat-eating). Can be used as a noun, suru-verb, or no-adjective.

See also: 肉食

• 健けん康こうのために菜さい食しょくを心こころがけている。

  I try to follow a vegetable-based diet for my health.

• 彼かれは菜さい食しょく主しゅ義ぎ者しゃだ。

  He is a vegetarian.