Meaning

Primary

Provisions

Alternatives

Rations, Staple Foods

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Provisions you can eat are still provisions and sometimes called rations, especially when troops are eating them.

This word often refers to staple foods like rice and wheat.

Reading

しょくりょう
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Context Sentences

食糧の備蓄は十分にあります。

There are plenty of emergency provisions.

食糧不足はこの国だけの問題ではない。

Staple food shortages are not just a problem in this country.

軍の上層部が、兵士全てに食糧を配給するのを拒んでいるようだ。

It seems that the upper echelons of the military are refusing to distribute rations to all of their soldiers.

Kanji Composition