Meaning of 小食(しょうしょく) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 小食

Kana Reading しょうしょく

Romaji shōshoku

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

one who generally eats little

Examples of 小食, しょうしょく in a sentence

かぜには大食、熱には小食。

Feed a cold and starve a fever.
あいつは小食なんだ。

Oh, he eats like a bird.

Related Kanji

食 JLPT 5

9 strokes

eat, food

On'Yomi: ショク, ジキ

Kun'Yomi: く.う, く.らう, た.べる, は.む

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小 JLPT 5

3 strokes

little, small

On'Yomi: ショウ

Kun'Yomi: ちい.さい, こ-, お-, さ-

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