昼食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼	食
ちゅう Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
晝食 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅうしょく [chùúshókú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

昼(ちゅう)食(しょく) • (chūshoku) ^{←ちうしよく (tiusyoku)^?}

lunch, luncheon

Synonyms

昼(ひる)ご飯(はん) (hirugohan)

Derived terms

昼(ちゅう)食(しょく)会(かい) (chūshokukai, “luncheon”)

Related terms

朝(ちょう)食(しょく) (chōshoku, “breakfast”)
夕(ゆう)食(しょく) (yūshoku, “supper, dinner”)
夜(や)食(しょく) (yashoku, “night meal, midnight snack”)

References

“昼^△食”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN