食前

食前

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食	前
しょく Grade: 2	ぜん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しょくぜん [shòkúzéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝzẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

食前 (hiragana しょくぜん, rōmaji shokuzen)

1. before eating

Coordinate terms

• 食 (しょっ)間 (かん) (shokkan, “between meals”), 食前 (しょくぜん) (shokuzen, “before eating”), 食後 (しょくご) (shokugo, “after eating”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN