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食料品

Groceries


Meaning

Groceries, Foodstuff

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Products you're paying a fee to eat later are your groceries. Buy them now, eat them later, yum!


Reading

しょくりょうひん

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.


Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 食料品を買う

    to buy groceries

    食料品をそろえる

    to procure all necessary groceries

    食料品を買いこむ

    to stock up on groceries

  • 食料品がある

    there are groceries

    食料品がない

    there isn't any foodstuff

    食料品が要る

    groceries are needed

Context Sentences

週末には食料品を買いにコストコに行きます。

I go to Costco to buy groceries on the weekend.

食料品を買いに行く前に、いつも買い出しリストを作ります。

Before going grocery shopping, I always make a shopping list.

食料品売場はどこにありますか。

Could you tell me where the grocery section is?


Kanji Composition