食前

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょくぜん [shòkúzéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟zẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

食(しょく)前(ぜん) • (shokuzen)

before eating

Coordinate terms

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

References

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