Cafeteria, restaurant in Japanese 🇯🇵

しょくどう info.

– Tips to remember the Japanese word 'しょくどう':
– Break down the word: 'しょく' (shoku) means food or eating, and 'どう' (dou) can mean hall or place. Together, 'しょくどう' (shokudou) is a place where you eat, much like a cafeteria.
– Visualize a school cafeteria (or a casual dining place) when you hear 'しょくどう'. Think of the bustling atmosphere and the smell of food.

– Explanations:
– The word 'しょくどう' (shokudou) refers to a cafeteria or dining hall, generally a place where meals are served in a more casual, often self-service format.

– Other words that mean the same thing:
– レストラン (resutoran): restaurant
– カフェテリア (kafeteria): cafeteria (loan word from English)
– 食堂車 (しょくどうしゃ, shokudousha): dining car (on a train)

– Alternate meanings like slang:
– In some contexts, 'しょくどう' can be used more broadly to refer to any kind of simple establishment where food is provided, although it generally retains the connotation of a more casual setting.

– Examples of sentences that use it:
– 昼ごはんは会社のしょくどうで食べました。
(Hiru gohan wa kaisha no shokudou de tabemaa.)
– I ate lunch at the company cafeteria.

– 学校のしょくどうは広くて、メニューも豊富です。
(Gakkou no shokudou wa hirokute, menyuu mo houfu desu.)
– The school cafeteria is spacious and has a varied menu.

– しょくどうではセルフサービスの料理が提供されます。
(Shokudou de wa serufu saabisu no ryouri ga teikyou saremasu.)
– In the cafeteria, self-service meals are provided.

– 駅には安くておいしいしょくどうがあります。
(Eki ni wa yasukute oishii shokudou ga arimasu.)
– There is a cheap and tasty cafeteria at the station.

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