Word Meaning 草食系

そうしょくけい soushokukei

草食系 is read as そうしょくけい (soushokukei) and means man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women.

Meaning

English

man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women
peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners
herbivore

Reading

Kana

そうしょくけい

Romaji

soushokukei

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 66900 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

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草食系男子

そうしょくけいだんし

man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers

草食獣

そうしょくじゅう

herbivore

雑食系

ざっしょくけい

man who is neither overly aggressive nor overly passive in pursuing sex and riches

草食

そうしょく

herbivorous

草食男子

そうしょくだんし

man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers

草食動物

そうしょくどうぶつ

herbivore

草食性

そうしょくせい

herbivorous

肉食系女子

にくしょくけいじょし

carnivorous female

道草を食う

みちくさをくう

to loiter (on the way)

食草

しょくそう

edible grass (for insects)

草履

ぞうり

zori

草稿

そうこう

notes

Example Sentences

山田くんはどちらかと言えば草食系だ。

I would say that Yamada is more of an "herbivore".