食料品(しょくりょうひん)

しょくりょうひん
noun
groceries, food products
1. groceries, food products, foodstuffs
Items of food for purchase.
食料品(しょくりょうひん)が足(た)りない。
We don't have enough groceries.
食料品(しょくりょうひん)を買(か)いに行(い)きます。
I'm going to buy groceries.
食料品(しょくりょうひん)売(う)り場(ば)はどこですか。
Where is the food section?
最近(さいきん)食料品(しょくりょうひん)の値段(ねだん)が上(あ)がって困(こま)っている。
I'm having trouble because grocery prices have been going up recently.
週末(しゅうまつ)は食料品(しょくりょうひん)の買(か)い物(もの)に行(い)って、一(いっ)週間(しゅうかん)分(ぶん)の材料(ざいりょう)をまとめて買(か)う。
On weekends, I go grocery shopping and buy all the ingredients for the week at once.

食料品(しょくりょうひん) refers to food products and groceries, typically items purchased at stores for home consumption.

WORD FORMATION:
食料(しょくりょう) (food/provisions) + 品(ひん) (goods/items)

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 食料品(しょくりょうひん)を買(か)う: to buy groceries
  • 食料品(しょくりょうひん)売(う)り場(ば): grocery section (in a store)
  • 食料品(しょくりょうひん)店(てん): grocery store

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 食品(しょくひん): food products (broader, includes processed foods)
  • 食材(しょくざい): cooking ingredients
  • 生鮮(せいせん)食品(しょくひん): fresh foods

In department stores, the 食料品(しょくりょうひん)売(う)り場(ば) is typically on the basement floor.

Related Words

Related: 食品(しょくひん) (food products (broader))
Related: 食材(しょくざい) (cooking ingredients)
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Added 2026.1.8 21:49 · Revised 2026.4.2 14:09
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