衣食住

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
しょく
Grade: 2
じゅう
Grade: 3
kan'on goon

Etymology

Compound of () (i, clothing) + (しょく) (shoku, food) + (じゅう) (, shelter).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょくじゅう [ìshókúꜜjùù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [iɕo̞kɯ̟ʑɨː]

Noun

()(しょく)(じゅう) • (ishokujūいしよくぢゆう (isyokudyuu)?

  1. clothing, food, and shelter; basic living requirements
    • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 56, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
      (わたくし)がいなくなっても(さい)衣食住(いしょくじゅう)心配(しんぱい)がないのは仕合(しあわ)せです。
      Watakushi ga inaku natte mo sai ni ishokujū no shinpai ga nai no wa shiawase desu.
      I'm happy that, even were I to go, my wife would not have to worry about the essentials.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

衣食住 • (uisikju) (hangeul 의식주)

  1. hanja form? of 의식주 (clothing, food, and shelter)