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

食料品コーナーで働いている人たちが、ちん上げを要求しているらしいよ。

I heard that the workers at the grocery section are making demands for higher wages.

「サーモン、万が一にそなえて、食料品を買っておかなくちゃ。」「フグ、買わなくても大丈夫よ!食料品ならここにあるじゃない。」「え、どこに?」「食料にこまったら共食いすればいいだけじゃない。」

"Salmon, we should buy some groceries in case of emergency." "Fugu, we don't need to buy them. We have food here!" "Where?" "If we have trouble with food, we just need to prey on each other."

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