食み物

Japanese

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

Etymology

Compound of 食(は)み (hami, “eating”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 食(は)む (hamu, “to chew, to eat, to suck down; to incur a loss”)) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ha̠mʲimo̞no̞]

Noun

食(は)み物(もの) • (hamimono) 

  1. (rare, possibly obsolete) food
    1. (more specifically) fodder or feed for animals

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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