食しょく物もつ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

General term for edible items, often used in formal or written contexts. Slightly more formal than 食べ物 (たべもの).

〈物もの〉を摂せっ取しゅするto ingest/consume food
健けん康こうのためにバランスのよい食しょく物もつを摂せっ取しゅすることが大たい切せつだ。
It's important to ingest a balanced diet of food for your health.
〈物もの〉を消しょう化かするto digest food
胃いは食しょく物もつを消しょう化かする器き官かんである。
The stomach is an organ that digests food.

食たべ物ものN5
食べ物 is the everyday, spoken word for food, while 食物 is more formal and typically appears in written or scientific contexts.
食しょく品ひんN3
食品 refers specifically to food products, especially processed or packaged ones, whereas 食物 is a broader term covering raw ingredients as well.
食しょく料りょうN3
食料 emphasizes food as provisions or supplies (e.g. for stockpiling or trade), while 食物 simply denotes edible substances in general.
食くい物もの
食物 is a formal, written term for food used in scientific or official contexts, whereas 食い物 is a blunt, everyday spoken word.

Compound of 食 (しょく, 'eating') and 物 (もつ, 'thing'). The reading もつ for 物 is an older form; the word has been used since classical Japanese.