Word Meaning 食が細い

しょくがほそい shoku ga hosoi

食が細い is read as しょくがほそい (shoku ga hosoi) and means eating only a little.

Meaning

English

eating only a little
having a small appetite

Reading

Kana

しょくがほそい

Romaji

shoku ga hosoi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb ✓ Rank 62214 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

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食の細い

しょくのほそい

sparsely eating

食が細る

しょくがほそる

to lose one's appetite

大食細胞

たいしょくさいぼう

macrophage

食い違い

くいちがい

difference

食わず嫌い

くわずぎらい

disliking a certain food without having tried it

食合い

くいあい

biting one another

食中毒

しょくちゅうどく

food poisoning

食管法

しょっかんほう

law governing food quality

食塩

しょくえん

table salt

食券

しょっけん

meal ticket

食材

しょくざい

foodstuff

食品総合研究所

しょくひんそうごうけんきゅうじょ

National Food Research Institute