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和食

Japanese Style Food


Meaning

Japanese Style Food, Japanese Food

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Japanese style eat ... well, let's change "eat" to "food" and you have Japanese style food. This is a good way to differentiate between an American style restaurant and a Japanese style restaurant. What kind of food you feeling like tonight? Oh, how about some 和食?


Reading

わしょく

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.


Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 和食ダイニング

    Japanese dining

    和食中心

    centered on Japanese food

    和食レストラン

    Japanese restaurant

  • 和食を食べる

    to eat Japanese food

    和食をとる

    to eat Japanese food

    和食を作る

    to make Japanese food

  • 和食の店

    Japanese style restaurant

    和食のコース

    Japanese food course

    和食のレストラン

    Japanese restaurant

Context Sentences

朝ごはんは、和食がいいです。

I like having Japanese-style food for breakfast.

日本人の主人は毎日和食を作ってくれます。

My Japanese husband cooks Japanese food every day.

和食レストランで、和牛のステーキを食べました。

I ate wagyu steak at a Japanese restaurant.


Kanji Composition