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主食 (しゅしょく): staple food — Japanese vocabulary

主食 is read しゅしょく and means "staple food". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

主食

Reading
しゅしょく · shushoku
Translation
staple food
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しゅしょくが

Example

日本では米が主食です。

にっぽんではべいがしゅしょくです。

The main diet in Japan is rice.

Kanji in this word

  • 主 — Lord, Chief, Master
  • 食 — eat, food

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