給食
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給食 (kyūshoku): a school lunch.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 給 | 食 |
| きゅう Grade: 4 |
しょく Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | |
Etymology
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 給食 (MC kip zyik, literally “to give, to supply + food, meal”). Sourced from the Chinese work 史記／史记 (Shǐjì, “Records of the Grand Historian”) completed in 91 BCE.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
給食 • (kyūshoku) ←きふしょく (kifusyoku)?
- the provision of a meal
- a meal, usually lunch, provided by an organization to attendees or participants, such as by a school to its students or by a company to its employees
Verb
給食する • (kyūshoku suru) ←きふしょく (kifusyoku)?intransitive suru (stem 給食し (kyūshoku shi), past 給食した (kyūshoku shita))
Conjugation
Conjugation of "給食する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 給食し | きゅうしょくし | kyūshoku shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 給食し | きゅうしょくし | kyūshoku shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 給食する | きゅうしょくする | kyūshoku suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 給食する | きゅうしょくする | kyūshoku suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 給食すれ | きゅうしょくすれ | kyūshoku sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 給食せよ¹ 給食しろ² |
きゅうしょくせよ¹ きゅうしょくしろ² |
kyūshoku seyo¹ kyūshoku shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 給食される | きゅうしょくされる | kyūshoku sareru | |
| Causative | 給食させる 給食さす |
きゅうしょくさせる きゅうしょくさす |
kyūshoku saseru kyūshoku sasu | |
| Potential | 給食できる | きゅうしょくできる | kyūshoku dekiru | |
| Volitional | 給食しよう | きゅうしょくしよう | kyūshoku shiyō | |
| Negative | 給食しない | きゅうしょくしない | kyūshoku shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 給食せず | きゅうしょくせず | kyūshoku sezu | |
| Formal | 給食します | きゅうしょくします | kyūshoku shimasu | |
| Perfective | 給食した | きゅうしょくした | kyūshoku shita | |
| Conjunctive | 給食して | きゅうしょくして | kyūshoku shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 給食すれば | きゅうしょくすれば | kyūshoku sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 給 | 食 |