► 副詞
ぱくぱく [(1)ぱくぱく] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ うちの子供は何でもパクパク食べる ⇨ My kids eat everything vigorously
ぱくり [(2)ぱくり] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 犬がソーセージをぱくりと食べた ⇨ The dog swallowed down a sausage (☛ Eat a large amount of food without much chewing)
ぺろり [(2)ぺろり] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 彼はピザ全部をペロリと食べてしまった ⇨ He swallowed up the entire pizza (☛ Eat enormous amount effortlessly)
むしゃむしゃ [(1)むしゃむしゃ] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 彼はお菓子をむしゃむしゃ食べている ⇨ He’s chomping on snacks (☛ Eat noisily)
► 動詞
頂く [いただく] [humble] meaning: eat rank: 1
☆ 頂いた御菓子、美味しく頂きました ⇨ I enjoyed eating the sweets you gave me
食事 [しょくじ] [食事する] [liter] meaning: eat rank: 1
☆ 最近家族全員で食事することが少ない ⇨ We don’t eat together as a family very often recently
食べる [(2)たべる] meaning: eat rank: 1
☆ 今日は余り食べる気がしない ⇨ I don’t want to eat much, don’t have appetite, today
☆ あの赤ちゃんは食べちゃいたいほど可愛い ⇨ That baby is so cute that I want to eat her (☛ It is a common expression of endearment, and doesn’t mean to harm by any means)
食う [(1)くう] [coll] [contempt] [男] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ あいつは食うばっかりで仕事はしない ⇨ He only eats and doesn’t work
食う [(1)くう] [coll] [vulgar] [男] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ なんか美味いもんが食いたいな ⇨ I wanna eat something delicious
召し上がる [(4)めしあがる] [respect] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ 沢山召し上がれ！ ⇨ Please have a lot, dig in, eat up!
☆ 何が御召し上がりになりたいですか？ ⇨ What would you like to have, eat? (☛ Note that a respectful「お」is added to already respectful「召し上がる」. Not necessarily more respectful, and rather just an idiomatic variation)
外食 [がいしょく] [外食する] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 私は殆ど外食しない ⇨ I rarely eat out (☛ Eat out)
がっつく [(3)がっつく] [coll] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 未だ沢山あるからそんなにがっつくな ⇨ There is a lot left, so don’t eat in such a hurry (☛ Eat as much as possible in a great hurry)
賞味 [(1)しょうみ] [賞味する] [liter] [polite] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 開封後はお早めに御賞味下さい ⇨ Please enjoy soon enough after opening (☛ Literally means “examine flavor”. Eat or drink)
平らげる [(4)たいらげる] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 彼はピザを全部平らげた ⇨ He devoured the whole pizza (☛ Eat a large amount quickly)
頬張る [(3)ほおばる] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 彼は御飯を頬張った ⇨ He filled up his cheeks with rice. He took a mouthful of rice (☛ Literally means “stretch cheeks”)
満腹 [まんぷく] [満腹する] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 寿司を一杯食べて満腹した ⇨ I had a lot of sushi and am fully satiated (☛ Eat until full)
貪る [(3)むさぼる] [liter] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 飢えた難民はパンを貪るように食べた ⇨ The starving refugee devoured the bread (☛ Eat desperately while starving)
御上がる [おあがる] [respect] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ よく冷やしてから御上がり下さい ⇨ Chill it well and enjoy
会食 [かいしょく] [会食する] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 会議の後皆で会食した ⇨ We had meals together after the meeting (☛ Have a group meal)
掻き込む [(3)かきこむ] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は御飯を掻き込んだ ⇨ He ate at a furious pace (☛ Eat with furious strokes of chopsticks or a spoon)
食い荒らす [(4)くいあらす] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ カラスが米を食い荒らした ⇨ Crows ate and damaged rice (in the field) (☛ Eat something as a pest)
食い散らす [(4)くいちらす] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 犬がしまってあった餌を食い散らした ⇨ My dog ate the stored dog food and made a mess
食い逃げ [くいにげ] [食い逃げする] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は屋台で食い逃げした ⇨ He ate at a food stand and ran without paying (☛ Eat at a restaurant and run without paying)
食える [(2)くえる] [coll] [vulgar] [男] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ これは不味くてとても食えない ⇨ This tastes too bad to eat
喰らう [くらう] [coll] [contempt] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は大飯は喰らうが何の仕事もしない ⇨ He eats a lot but doesn’t do any work
試食 [ししょく] [試食する] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼女は市場で試食をするのが好きだ ⇨ She likes to try samples at food markets
絶食 [ぜっしょく] [絶食する] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は手術の前に絶食している ⇨ He is fasting before an operation
粗食 [そしょく] [粗食する] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は一人暮らしで粗食している ⇨ He lives alone and eats bad (☛ Eat unhealthy food)
大食 [たいしょく] [大食する] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 私は大食するとすぐに腹を壊す ⇨ I immediately have a stomach problem if I eat too much
断食 [だんじき] [断食する] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は宗教上の理由で断食している ⇨ He is fasting because of the religious reasons
つつく [(2)つつく] [coll] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 皆で鍋をつついた ⇨ We all (sat around and) poked at, eat, a hot pot (☛ Peck using chopsticks)
ぱくつく [ぱくつく] [coll] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は御握りをぱくついている ⇨ He is munching on rice balls (☛ Eat eagerly)
美食 [びしょく] [美食する] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は美食し過ぎて体を壊した ⇨ He’s eaten too much gourmet foods and gotten health problems
偏食 [へんしょく] [偏食する] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 偏食することは健康に良くない ⇨ Eating unbalanced diet is not good for health (☛ Have an unbalanced diet)
飽食 [ほうしょく] [飽食する] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆
立食 [りっしょく] [立食する] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 私達はパーティーで立食した ⇨ We ate standing at the party. We had a stand-up dinner party (☛ Eat standing)
過食 [かしょく] [過食する] meaning: eat rank: 5
☆ 祭日には過食しがちだ ⇨ We tend to overeat during holidays (☛ Overeat)
掻っ込む [(3)かっこむ] [coll] meaning: eat rank: 5
☆ (☛ An alternative of 掻き込む)
食する [(3)しょくする] meaning: eat rank: 5
☆
食む [(1)はむ] [liter] meaning: eat rank: 5
☆ 牛が草を食んでいる ⇨ Cows are eating grass
► 成句
頂きます [(5)いただきます] [頂く＋ます] [coll] [polite] meaning: eat rank: 1
☆ 頂きます！ ⇨ Allow me to enjoy the meal! (☛ The standard phrase when you start eating something that was prepared for you by someone)
舌鼓 [(3)したつづみ] [舌鼓を打つ] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 私達は現地の名物料理に舌鼓を打った ⇨ We beat our tongue drums for, greatly enjoyed, the famous local dishes
► 名詞
食 [しょく] [liter] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ 豊かな食の文化 ⇨ Rich eating, food, culture
食 [しょく] [食が細い] [liter] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ うちの子供は食が細い ⇨ My child doesn’t eat much
食欲 [しょくよく] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ 最近疲労が溜まって食欲もない ⇨ I’ve been so tired lately and don’t have much appetite either
外食 [がいしょく] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 外食産業 ⇨ Restaurant industry (☛ Eat out)
賞味 [(1)しょうみ] [liter] [polite] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 賞味期限 ⇨ A deadline for consumption. Best-before date (☛ Literally means “examine flavor”. Eat or drink)
食生活 [(4)しょくせいかつ] [liter] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 日頃から健康的な食生活を心掛けることが大切だ ⇨ It is important to have healthy everyday eating habits (☛ Literally “eating life”)
立ち食い [たちぐい] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 立ち食いそば屋 ⇨ A noodle restaurant only with a stand-up counter (☛ A common style for fast food restaurants in Japan. No seats and you eat while standing at a counter)
立ち食い [たちぐい] [立ち食いする] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 屋台では普通立ち食いする ⇨ Usually you stand up and eat at food carts (☛ It is considered uncouth to eat standing up)
一口 [(2)ひとくち] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 一口どうですか？ ⇨ Would you like a bite?
満腹 [まんぷく] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 一杯食べてもう満腹だ ⇨ I ate a lot and I’m already full (☛ Eat until full)
自棄食い [やけぐい] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 自棄食いは体に悪い ⇨ Binge-eating is bad for your body
自棄食い [やけぐい] [自棄食いする] meaning: eat rank: 3
☆ 彼女は彼に振られて自棄食いした ⇨ She got dumped by him and binge-ate
悪食 [あくじき] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は悪食家だ (あくじきか) ⇨ He loves to eat weird things, exotic foods
食い意地 [くいいじ] [食い意地が張る] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は食い意地が張っているのに痩せている ⇨ He is thin even though he is obsessed with food (☛ Try to eat as much as possible, especially when the food is free)
食い気 [くいけ] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は色気より食い気だ ⇨ He is like appetite, food, over sex
少食 [しょうしょく] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ うちの子供は少食で心配だ ⇨ I’m worried because my child doesn’t eat much
大食漢 [(3)たいしょくかん] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は大変な大食漢だ ⇨ He eats an enormous amount of food
共食い [ともぐい] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 業界では共食い状態の競争が続いている ⇨ Dog-eat-dog competitions have been going on in the industry
腹拵え [(3)はらごしらえ] [男] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 仕事の前に腹ごしらえをしよう ⇨ Let’s have a meal before getting to work (☛ Eat first so that you won’t be hungry while working)
暴飲暴食 [ぼういんぼうしょく] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 暴飲暴食は体に悪い ⇨ Excessive eating and drinking is bad for health
立食 [りっしょく] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 立食パーティー ⇨ A stand-up dinner party (☛ Eat standing)
► 接尾辞
口 [(2)くち] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ 甘過ぎて一口食べてもう十分だった (ひとくち) ⇨ It was too sweet one bite and I had enough (☛ Used with Japanese native numbers)