Word Meaning 給食

きゅうしょく kyuushoku

給食 is read as きゅうしょく (kyuushoku) and means provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.)
  2. providing a meal
  3. lunch service

Reading

Kana

きゅうしょく

Romaji

kyuushoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Related Words 好き嫌い,好き嫌いする,選り好み,選り好みする,パン,ご飯,美味しい,おいしい Rank 4175 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

給食当番

きゅうしょくとうばん

being responsible for school lunch distribution and clean-up

給食係

きゅうしょくがかり

lunch monitor

給食費

きゅうしょくひ

charge for a meal (usu. at school)

給食室

きゅうしょくしつ

Japanese (school) lunchroom

自校給食

じこうきゅうしょく

on-site provision of school meals

学校給食

がっこうきゅうしょく

school lunch

補給食

ほきゅうしょく

dietary supplement (for sports)

食料自給率

しょくりょうじきゅうりつ

food self-sufficiency rate

食糧配給

しょくりょうはいきゅう

food distribution

給料

きゅうりょう

salary

給与

きゅうよ

pay

給付

きゅうふ

provision (of money or goods)

Example Sentences

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Do you have lunch at school?

Do you have lunch at school?

Today's school lunch will be "that".

Who's in charge of the school kitchen?

For millions of children around the world, the meal they get at school is the only meal they get in a day.

"Tom's skipping out on cleaning duty? Where did he go?" "He said something like, 'I'm going to go collect information for the school paper' and went to the cafeteria."

In Japan, the amount of children whose only decent meal is provided by school is increasing. The amount of children whose weight decreases due to not being able to eat during summer vacation is also substantial.