Word Meaning 食糧

しょくりょう shokuryou

食糧 is read as しょくりょう (shokuryou) and means food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat).

Meaning

English

  1. food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat)
  2. provisions
  3. rations
  4. food supply

Reading

Kana

しょくりょう

Romaji

shokuryou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 12731 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

食糧庁

しょくりょうちょう

food agency

食糧管理制度

しょくりょうかんりせいど

food control system

食糧管理法

しょくりょうかんりほう

Staple Food Control Act

食糧事情

しょくりょうじじょう

food situation

食糧銀行

しょくりょうぎんこう

food bank

食糧不足

しょくりょうぶそく

food shortage

食糧法

しょくりょうほう

Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food

食糧援助

しょくりょうえんじょ

food assistance

食糧危機

しょくりょうきき

food crisis

食糧配給

しょくりょうはいきゅう

food distribution

食糧難

しょくりょうなん

food shortage

糧食

りょうしょく

provisions

Example Sentences

7

We ran out of food.

Food has been in short supply.

Have you made provisions?

They communicate the distance and direction of the food by dancing.

But the Evans were clean and they had enough to eat.

The hurricane survivors were allotted adequate food provisions for their basic nourishment.

Bees communicate the location of food by carrying odor samples back to the hive.