食 品(しょくひん)ロス

しょくひんろす

noun

food loss; food waste

1. food loss; food waste

Food that could still have been eaten but is thrown away, such as unsold stock, leftovers, and food past its best-before date.

食品(しょくひん)ロスを減(へ)らす。

To reduce food waste.

食品(しょくひん)ロスが社会問題(しゃかいもんだい)になっている。

Food waste has become a social problem.

食品(しょくひん)ロスを防(ふせ)ぐため、このスーパーは閉店前(へいてんまえ)にお弁当(べんとう)を値引(ねび)きしている。

To prevent food waste, this supermarket marks down its boxed lunches before closing.

食品(しょくひん) (food product) + ロス (loss, from English). Often called フードロス in everyday speech; 食品(しょくひん)ロス is the term used by government and the media. It refers only to food that was still edible; peels and bones are not counted.

Common collocations

食品(しょくひん)ロスの削減(さくげん): reducing food waste
食品(しょくひん)ロスを出(だ)さない: to avoid creating food waste
家庭(かてい)の食品(しょくひん)ロス: household food waste

Related words

もったいない: wasteful, a shame to waste — the feeling behind campaigns against food waste
賞味期限(しょうみきげん): best-before date

Related Words

Related: もったいない (wasteful, a shame to waste)

Related: 賞味期限(しょうみきげん) (best-before date)

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Added 2026.9.28 9:59 · Revised 2026.9.28 9:59

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