Meaning

Primary

Groceries

Alternative

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
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

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

Common Word Combinations

  • 食料品が要る

    groceries are needed

    食料品がない

    there isn't any foodstuff

    食料品がある

    there are groceries

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