給食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きゅう
Grade: 4
しょく
Grade: 2
kan’on
給食 (kyūshoku): a school lunch.

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 給食 (MC kˠiɪp̚ ʑɨk̚, literally “to give, to supply + food, meal”). Sourced from the Chinese work 史記史记 (Shǐjì, Records of the Grand Historian) completed in 91 BCE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きゅうしょく [kyùúshókú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲɨᵝːɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(きゅう)(しょく) (kyūshoku) きふしょく (kifusyoku)?

  1. the provision of a meal
  2. a meal, usually lunch, provided by an organization to attendees or participants, such as by a school to its students or by a company to its employees

Verb

(きゅう)(しょく)する (kyūshoku suru) きふしょく (kifusyoku)?intransitive suru (stem (きゅう)(しょく) (kyūshoku shi), past (きゅう)(しょく)した (kyūshoku shita))

  1. to provide a meal, such as for students or employees

Conjugation

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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