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外食
gaishoku
Description
「外食」は、家で作らないで、レストランや店で食べることです。
"外食" means eating at a restaurant or store instead of cooking at home.
いそがしい人や一人ぐらしの人がよく外食をします。
Busy people or those living alone often eat "外食".
Meanings
外食gaishoku
eating out at a restaurant or shop
今日は外食にしましょう。
Let's eat out today.
外食するgaishoku suru
to eat out; to dine outside the home
週末はよく外食します。
I often eat out on weekends.
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Notes
- Etymology
外 (outside) + 食 (eat/meal), literally "eating outside" the home.
- Nuance
contrasts with 自炊 (cooking for oneself) and 内食 (eating homemade food at home).
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