食 糧(しょくりょう)

しょくりょう

noun

provisions, food supply

See also: 食料(しょくりょう) (food (料))

1. provisions, food supply, rations

Food stored or supplied for future use, especially for emergencies or expeditions.

食糧(しょくりょう)を備蓄(びちく)しておく。

We stockpile food provisions.

食糧不足(しょくりょうぶそく)が深刻(しんこく)な問題(もんだい)だ。

Food shortage is a serious problem.

登山(とざん)に必要(ひつよう)な食糧(しょくりょう)を準備(じゅんび)した。

I prepared the food supplies needed for mountain climbing.

地震(じしん)に備(そな)えて、三日分(みっかぶん)の食糧(しょくりょう)を家(いえ)に置(お)いてある。

In preparation for earthquakes, I keep three days' worth of food provisions at home.

戦争(せんそう)が長引(ながび)くにつれて、食糧(しょくりょう)の確保(かくほ)がますます困難(こんなん)になった。

As the war dragged on, securing food supplies became increasingly difficult.

Often used in contexts of emergency preparedness, expeditions, or large-scale food supply issues.

Common collocations

食糧(しょくりょう)不足(ぶそく) (food shortage)
食糧(しょくりょう)危機(きき) (food crisis)
食糧(しょくりょう)援助(えんじょ) (food aid)
食糧(しょくりょう)を備蓄(びちく)する (to stockpile food)
食糧(しょくりょう)自給率(じきゅうりつ) (food self-sufficiency rate)

Watch out

食料(しょくりょう): same reading, overlapping meaning. 食料(しょくりょう) is food in general (groceries, foodstuffs); 食糧(しょくりょう) is food as provisions or a supply, especially staples such as grain.

Related words

非常食(ひじょうしょく) (emergency food rations)
保存食(ほぞんしょく) (preserved/stored food)

Related Words

Related: 非常食(ひじょうしょく) (emergency food rations)

Related: 保存食(ほぞんしょく) (preserved/stored food)

Compare: 食物(しょくもつ) (food, foodstuff)

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Added 2026.1.12 21:48 · Revised 2026.10.2 16:29

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