食し物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食 物
お
Grade: 2 		もの
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
食物

Etymology

Compound of 食(お)し (oshi, “eating, drinking”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 食(お)す (osu, “to eat, to drink”, 尊(そん)敬(けい)語(ご) (sonkeigo, “respectful, honorific”))) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞ɕimo̞no̞]

Noun

食(お)し物(もの) • (oshimono) ←をしもの (wosimono)?

  1. (rare, possibly obsolete, formal honorific) food; food and beverage

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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