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衣い食しょく住じゅう

N2
いしょくじゅう ishokujuu
  1. necessities of life (food, clothing, etc.)
noun

Chinese meanings

衣食住;生活必需

Examples

  • 私達が生きていくためには衣食住が必要です。
    We need food, clothes and a home in order to live.
    我们为了生存需要衣食住。
  • 子こ供どもは衣い食しょく住じゅうを親おやに依い存ぞんしている。
    Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.
    孩子在衣食住方面依赖父母。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('05292c6357'); // 衣食住
{
  "id": "05292c6357",
  "word": "衣食住",
  "reading": "いしょくじゅう",
  "romaji": "ishokujuu",
  "meanings": [
    "necessities of life (food, clothing, etc.)"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1158780,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私達が生きていくためには衣食住が必要です。",
      "en": "We need food, clothes and a home in order to live.",
      "tatoeba_id": 165556
    },
    {
      "ja": "子供は衣食住を親に依存している。",
      "furigana": "{子供|こども}は{衣食住|いしょくじゅう}を{親|おや}に{依存|いぞん}している。",
      "en": "Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.",
      "tatoeba_id": 168553
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "41128787498561b20533f9d94264331b273bf0b28167a85690fec9a09d7bed93",
    "meanings": [
      "衣食住",
      "生活必需"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私達が生きていくためには衣食住が必要です。",
        "zh": "我们为了生存需要衣食住。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "子供は衣食住を親に依存している。",
        "zh": "孩子在衣食住方面依赖父母。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/05292c6357",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1158780; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "7b2c2cb580a903722cf677ee0cca9f9bef0c19a60ddfeea99376aa8de618a718"
  }
}