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1 exact word match found in search '食'
noun
1. meal; (one's) diet; food; foodstuff; foodstuffs
this meaning is restricted to form 食
2. eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)  (see also: 星食; astronomy, etc. term)
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275 words found beginning with '食'
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to eat
2. to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms)
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noun
food
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noun
1. meal
2. to eat
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noun
food; food products; foodstuffs
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'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to eat  (male term or language)
2. to live; to make a living; to survive
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noun
1. dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; messroom
2. restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner
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dining table
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food; foodstuff
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appetite (for food)
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731 words found containing '食' in any position
noun
1. meal; (one's) diet; food; foodstuff; foodstuffs
this meaning is restricted to form 食
2. eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)  (see also: 星食; astronomy, etc. term)
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms)
3
TEST
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to eat
2. to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms)
5
1
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noun
food
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms)
5
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TEST
noun
1. meal
2. to eat
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noun
food; food products; foodstuffs
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TEST
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to eat  (male term or language)
2. to live; to make a living; to survive
(click the word to view an additional 7 meanings and 3 forms)
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noun
1. lunch; midday meal
2. food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)  (usu. 中食)
(click the word to view an additional 2 readings and 3 forms)
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noun
1. dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; messroom
2. restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner
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dining table
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