食堂

Meanings

1. dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; canteen; messroom
2. restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner

Part of speech: noun

Kanji

• 食

  Meanings

  eat, food

  On reading

  ショク、ジキ

  Kun reading

  く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む

  Strokes

  9

• 堂

  Meanings

  public chamber, hall

  On reading

  ドウ

  Strokes

  11

Example sentences

• 私達の家は食堂を含めて７部屋あります。

  Our house has seven rooms including the dining room.

  Tatoeba #151991 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 私は角を曲がって、開店早々の食堂を見つけた。

  I turned the corner and caught sight of a newly opened restaurant.

  Tatoeba #157887 · CC BY 2.0 FR