1.
plain food; simple diet; frugal meals
A diet consisting of simple, unrefined, or modest food without luxury items. Can be used positively to suggest a healthy, natural diet or negatively to suggest poverty.
粗食に耐える生活をした。
I lived a life enduring a plain diet.
健康のために粗食を心がけている。
I try to eat simply for my health.
祖父は戦時中の粗食の経験から、食べ物を粗末にすることを嫌った。
From his experience of eating sparingly during wartime, my grandfather disliked wasting food.
USAGE:
Often discussed in the context of traditional Japanese diets, health trends, or historical hardship. In modern usage, 粗食 is sometimes viewed positively as a return to simple, wholesome eating.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 粗食に耐える (to endure a plain diet)
- 粗食を心がける (to aim for simple eating)
- 粗食生活 (a life of simple food)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 質素: frugal, simple — broader term for a modest lifestyle, not limited to food