食しょく料りょう

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to food as a commodity or supply, often in contexts of stockpiling, distribution, or consumption. Can be used for both human and animal food.

〈物もの〉を確かく保ほするto secure a supply of food
災さい害がいに備そなえて食しょく料りょうを確かく保ほしておく。
We're securing a food supply in preparation for disasters.
〈物もの〉が不ふ足そくするfor food to run short
戦せん争そうで食しょく料りょうが不ふ足そくしている。
Food is in short supply because of the war.
〈物もの〉を輸ゆ入にゅうするto import food
日本にほんは多おおくの食しょく料りょうを輸ゆ入にゅうしている。
Japan imports a large amount of its food.
〈物もの〉を配はい給きゅうするto ration or distribute food
被ひ災さい地ちでは食しょく料りょうが配はい給きゅうされた。
Food was rationed out in the disaster area.
〈物もの〉を備び蓄ちくするto stockpile food
地じ震しんのために食しょく料りょうを備び蓄ちくしている。
We're stockpiling food in case of an earthquake.

食しょく品ひんN3
食品 refers to processed or packaged food products sold as goods, while 食料 emphasizes food as a supply or resource in economic or logistical contexts.
食たべ物ものN5
食べ物 is the general, everyday word for food you eat, whereas 食料 is a more formal term used when talking about food as a supply or commodity.
糧りょう食しょく
糧食 specifically means rations or provisions, often in military or emergency contexts, while 食料 is the broader everyday term for food supplies.
食しょく糧りょうN3
食料 is a broad term covering all kinds of foodstuffs and ingredients, while 食糧 specifically emphasizes staple grains and food as an emergency or strategic supply.

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糧かて
食料 is the plain, everyday word for food or provisions, while 糧 sounds more literary and is often used figuratively.
兵ひょう糧ろう
食料 is the general word for food or foodstuffs, while 兵糧 refers specifically to provisions carried by an army or expedition.
食しょく物もつN3
食料 emphasizes food as provisions or supplies (e.g. for stockpiling or trade), while 食物 simply denotes edible substances in general.

食しょく糧りょうN3
食糧 and 食料 are pronounced identically, but 食糧 specifically means staple foods like grain or rice (often in food-security policy contexts), while 食料 covers food supplies more broadly.
食しょく料りょう品ひんN4
食料 is the general word for food or provisions (as in emergency supplies), while 食料品 specifically means food items sold as retail goods.
食しょく費ひN3
食料 means the food or provisions themselves, while 食費 means the money spent on that food.

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Compound of 食 (eating, food) and 料 (materials, fee). The combination conveys the idea of food as a material resource.