Meaning of 食用(しょくよう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 食用

Kana Reading しょくよう

Romaji shokuyō

Examples of 食用, しょくよう in a sentence

ニンジンやカブは食用根菜です。

Carrots and turnips are edible roots.
その肉は全く食用に適さなかった。

None of the meat was fit to eat.
この魚は食用にならない。

This fish is not fit to eat.
その中には、新しく食用魚になりうるもの、その他の新種の動物の発見も入るだろう。

Among these there may be new sources of food fish and new species of other creatures.

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

用 JLPT 4

5 strokes

utilize, business, service, use, employ

On'Yomi: ヨウ

Kun'Yomi: もち.いる

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