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衣食住

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

衣食住 — “food, clothing and shelter; the necessities of life”

衣食住 (read いしょくじゅう) means food, clothing and shelter; the necessities of life. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

いしょくじゅう

Meaning

food, clothing and shelter; the necessities of life

衣食住 in a sentence

衣い食しょく住じゅうが安定あんていする。

The necessities of life become stable.

The kanji in 衣食住

衣clothing
食to eat; food
住to live, reside

Words that share a kanji with 衣食住

衣服いふく— clothes, clothing
浴衣ゆかた— yukata (light cotton kimono)
食堂しょくどう— cafeteria, dining hall
食べ物たべもの— food
食べるたべる— to eat
食事するしょくじする— to have a meal, to dine
食料品しょくりょうひん— foodstuffs, groceries
食うくう— to eat (rough/masculine); to bite

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