粗食(そしょく)

そしょく
noun
plain food; simple diet
fooddaily-life
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(そしょく)に耐(た)える生活(せいかつ)をした。
I lived a life enduring a plain diet.
健康(けんこう)のために粗食(そしょく)を心(こころ)がけている。
I try to eat simply for my health.
祖父(そふ)は戦時中(せんじちゅう)の粗食(そしょく)の経験(けいけん)から、食(た)べ物(もの)を粗末(そまつ)にすることを嫌(きら)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(そしょく) is sometimes viewed positively as a return to simple, wholesome eating.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 質素(しっそ): frugal, simple — broader term for a modest lifestyle, not limited to food

Related Words

Synonym: 質素(しっそ) (frugal (broader, not food-specific))
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