和食 Japanese Style Food

Meaning

Primary

Japanese Style Food

Alternative

Japanese Food

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Japanese style eat ... well, let's change "eat" to "food" and you have Japanese style food. This is a good way to differentiate between an American style restaurant and a Japanese style restaurant. What kind of food you feeling like tonight? Oh, how about some 和食?

Reading

わしょく

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 和食〜

  和食ダイニング

  Japanese dining

  和食中心

  centered on Japanese food

  和食レストラン

  Japanese restaurant

• 和食を〜

  和食を食べる

  to eat Japanese food

  和食をとる

  to eat Japanese food

  和食を作る

  to make Japanese food

• 和食の〜

  和食の店

  Japanese style restaurant

  和食のコース

  Japanese food course

  和食のレストラン

  Japanese restaurant

Context Sentences

朝ごはんは、和食がいいです。

I like having Japanese-style food for breakfast.

日本人の主人は毎日和食を作ってくれます。

My Japanese husband cooks Japanese food every day.

和食レストランで、和牛のステーキを食べました。

I ate wagyu steak at a Japanese restaurant.

Kanji Composition

1. 和

   わ Peace
2. 食

   しょく Eat