洋食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洋	食
よう Grade: 3	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 洋 (MC yang|zjang, “foreign, Western”, literally “ocean”) + 食 (MC yiH|zyik, “food”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

洋(よう)食(しょく) • (yōshoku) 

1. Western food (in general)
2. yoshoku: a style of Western-influenced Japanese cuisine

See also

• 和食(わしょく) (washoku)