Word Meaning 備荒食

びこうしょく bikoushoku

備荒食 is read as びこうしょく (bikoushoku) and means emergency food.

Meaning

English

  1. emergency food

Reading

Kana

びこうしょく

Romaji

bikoushoku

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 109525 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

備荒作物

びこうさくもつ

crops planted to stave off famine (e.g., wheat, barley, buckwheat, potatoes)

備荒

びこう

provision for famine

備荒貯蓄

びこうちょちく

famine-relief fund

食い荒す

くいあらす

to eat a bit of everything

糧食準備

りょうしょくじゅんび

food preparation

備州

びしゅう

Bishū (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo)

備前焼

びぜんやき

Bizen ware (type of pottery)

備長炭

びんちょうずみ

high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

菜食

さいしょく

vegetable diet

軽食

けいしょく

light meal

減食

げんしょく

cutting down on food intake

副食

ふくしょく

side dish