食欲

しょくよく

appetite (for food)

What does 食欲 mean?

食欲 is a Japanese noun meaning appetite (for food) in English. It is written as 食欲 in kanji, しょくよく in hiragana, and shokuyoku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

最近食欲がないんです。

Recently I have had no appetite.