食しょくあたり

Related words

• 食しょく中ちゅう毒どくN1

  食あたり is a casual, everyday word for getting sick from bad food, while 食中毒 is the more formal medical term used in news reports and official contexts.

• 中ちゅう毒どくN1

  食あたり is the everyday term specifically for mild food poisoning, whereas 中毒 covers poisoning from any toxin, not just food, and sounds more clinical.

Written forms

• 食しょくあたりUsage80%

  Standard kanji spelling for food poisoning.

• 食しょく当あたりUsage16%

  Alternate kanji spelling using 当.

• 食しょく中あたりUsage4%

  Rare kanji spelling using 中.

Etymology

Compound of 食 (shoku, 'eating') and あたり (atari, 'hit' or 'strike'), literally meaning 'struck by food'.