衣い食しょく住じゅう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life

Refers to the three basic human needs: food, clothing, and shelter. Often used in discussions about living standards, welfare, or basic life requirements.

衣い食しょく住じゅうが安あん定ていして初はじめて、人ひとは文ぶん化か的てきな生せい活かつを送おくれる。
Only when food, clothing, and shelter are secure can people lead a cultured life.
この給きゅう料りょうでは衣い食しょく住じゅうをまかなうのがやっとだ。
With this salary, I can barely cover the necessities of life.

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Usage patterns

衣い食しょく住じゅうに困こまるto struggle to meet basic needs (food, clothing, shelter)
戦せん争そうが続つづくと、多おおくの人ひと々びとが衣い食しょく住じゅうに困こまるようになる。
When war continues, many people come to struggle for basic necessities like food, clothing, and shelter.
衣い食しょく住じゅうを保ほ障しょうするto guarantee the basic necessities of life
政せい府ふは国こく民みんの衣い食しょく住じゅうを保ほ障しょうする責せき任にんがある。
The government has a responsibility to guarantee its citizens' basic necessities.
衣い食しょく住じゅうが足たりるto have one's basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) met
昔むかしと比くらべて、今いまは衣い食しょく住じゅうが足たりている人ひとが多おおい。
Compared to the past, more people today have their basic needs met.