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    3. 衣食住

    衣食住

    衣い食しょく住じゅう

    food, clothing and shelter

    N2KMT9News #26+1CoreNounDaily LifeKanji Vocab22 strokes

    いしょくじゅう

    Noun

    1.
    food, clothing and shelter, necessities of life

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    衣い食しょく住じゅうは生せい活かつの基き本ほんです。

    Food, clothing, and shelter are the basics of life.

    KMT4Daily LifeCore Concepts
    彼かれは衣い食しょく住じゅうに困こまることなく、豊ゆたかな生せい活かつを送おくっている。

    He lives a rich life without any difficulties regarding food, clothing, and shelter.

    KMT9Daily Life
    災さい害がい時じには、衣い食しょく住じゅうの確かく保ほが最もっとも重じゅう要ような課か題だいとなる。

    In times of disaster, securing food, clothing, and shelter becomes the most important issue.

    KMT9Daily LifePolitics & Law
    昔むかしの日に本ほんの衣い食しょく住じゅうの様よう子すを学まなぶのは興きょう味み深ぶかい。

    Learning about the food, clothing, and shelter of old Japan is interesting.

    KMT9Daily LifeHistory
    ミニマリストは、衣い食しょく住じゅうを最さい小しょう限げんに抑おさえることを目め指ざします。

    Minimalists aim to keep their food, clothing, and shelter to a minimum.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    衣
    ころも・きぬ・-ぎ…(2)
    garment・clothes・dressing
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    住
    す.む・す.まう・-ず.まい…(6)
    dwell・reside・live・inhabit
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