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    3. 菜食

    菜食

    菜さい食しょく

    vegetable diet

    KMT10News #41+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive, ParticleFood & DiningKanji Vocab20 strokes

    さいしょく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive, Particle

    1.
    vegetable diet

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    私わたしは菜さい食しょくです。

    I am a vegetarian (I eat a vegetable diet).

    KMT3Food & Dining
    このレストランでは、菜さい食しょくのメニューも豊ほう富ふです。

    This restaurant also has a rich menu of vegetable dishes.

    KMT5Food & Dining
    健けん康こうのために菜さい食しょくを心こころがけています。

    I try to eat a vegetable diet for my health.

    KMT6Food & DiningDaily Life
    菜さい食しょくは環かん境きょうにも良よいと言いわれています。

    A vegetable diet is also said to be good for the environment.

    KMT7Food & DiningNature & Environment
    菜さい食しょく主しゅ義ぎ者しゃでなくても、週しゅうに一いち度どは菜さい食しょくの日ひを設もうける人ひともいます。

    Even if not a vegetarian, some people set aside one day a week for a vegetable diet.

    KMT8Food & DiningDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    菜
    な…(2)
    vegetable・side dish・greens
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
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