主食

しゅしょく

staple food

What does 主食 mean?

主食 is a Japanese noun meaning staple food in English. It is written as 主食 in kanji, しゅしょく in hiragana, and shushoku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

日本では米が主食です。

The main diet in Japan is rice.