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    3. 主食

    主食

    主しゅ食しょく

    staple food

    N1KMT6News #14+1CoreNounFood & DiningKanji Vocab14 strokes

    しゅしょく

    Noun

    1.
    staple food

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    日に本ほんの主しゅ食しょくはお米こめです。

    Japan's staple food is rice.

    KMT4Food & DiningCulture & Traditions
    多おおくの国くにでパンが主しゅ食しょくとされています。

    Bread is considered a staple food in many countries.

    KMT6Food & Dining
    アフリカでは、トウモロコシが重じゅう要ような主しゅ食しょくです。

    In Africa, corn is an important staple food.

    KMT6Food & Dining
    彼かれの食しょく事じは主しゅ食しょくと野や菜さいが中ちゅう心しんです。

    His diet mainly consists of staple foods and vegetables.

    KMT6Food & DiningDaily Life
    健けん康こうのために、主しゅ食しょくの量りょうを減へらすようにしています。

    For my health, I'm trying to reduce the amount of staple food I eat.

    KMT7Food & DiningMedicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    主
    ぬし・おも・あるじ…(6)
    lord・chief・master・main thing・principal
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
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