食い物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食	物
く Grade: 2	もの Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Noun

食(く)い物(もの) • (kuimono)

Alternative spelling of 食物 (kuimono, “food”)
- 2003 September 22, Uraku, Akinobu, “第(だい)63話(わ)　幼(おさな)い記(き)憶(おく) [Chapter 63: Childish Memories]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, pages 108–109:
  …もう少(すこ)し味(あじ)わってから食(た)べてくれない？
  …Mō sukoshi ajiwatte kara tabete kurenai?
  …At least take some time to enjoy the flavor, would you?
  ここんとこウマイもん食(く)ってなかったからな
  Kokon toko umai mon kutte nakatta kara na
  It’s just that I haven’t gotten to eat good food like this for a long time
  ハイハイ
  Hai hai
  Whatever
  お世(せ)辞(じ)じゃねえって　食(く)い物(もの)の事(こと)でウソは言(い)わねーよ…オレ　ジジイと二人(ふたり)暮(ぐ)らしだろ？女(じょ)性(せい)の手(て)料(りょう)理(り)っての憧(あこが)れあってさ　金(きん)髪(ぱつ)にも一(ひと)つ位(くらい)女(おんな)の子(こ)らしいとこがあんだな…
  O-seji ja nētte Kui mono no koto de uso wa iwanē yo …Ore jijī to futarigurashi daro? Josei no teryōritte no akogareatte sa Kinpatsu ni mo hitotsu kurai onna no ko rashii toko ga an da na…
  No really, I mean it. I would never lie when it comes to food. Like, I lived with gramps alone, right? So it’s just natural for me to long for a woman’s home cooking. And this is one of the few areas where even you could be ladylike, Blondie…
  一(ひと)言(こと)多(おお)いッ
  Hitokoto ōi'
  Why you blabbermouth!