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groceries, food products, foodstuffs
Items of food for purchase.
食料品が足りない。
We don't have enough groceries.
食料品を買いに行きます。
I'm going to buy groceries.
食料品売り場はどこですか。
Where is the food section?
最近食料品の値段が上がって困っている。
I'm having trouble because grocery prices have been going up recently.
週末は食料品の買い物に行って、一週間分の材料をまとめて買う。
On weekends, I go grocery shopping and buy all the ingredients for the week at once.
食料品 refers to food products and groceries, typically items purchased at stores for home consumption.
WORD FORMATION:
食料 (food/provisions) + 品 (goods/items)
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 食料品を買う: to buy groceries
- 食料品売り場: grocery section (in a store)
- 食料品店: grocery store
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 食品: food products (broader, includes processed foods)
- 食材: cooking ingredients
- 生鮮食品: fresh foods
In department stores, the 食料品売り場 is typically on the basement floor.