食す

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

/wosu/ > /osu/. An honorific term.

Verb

() • (osu) をす (wosu)?godan (stem () (oshi), past ()した (oshita))

  1. (archaic) to rule or govern
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 17, poem 4006:
      [...] 須騰理波佐和久 安之可流等 安麻乃乎夫祢波 伊里延許具 加遅能於等多可之 曽己乎之毛 安夜尓登母志美 之努比都追 安蘇夫佐香理乎須賣呂伎能 乎須久尓奈礼婆 美許登母知 多知和可礼奈婆 於久礼多流 吉民婆安礼騰母 [...]
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    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 17, poem 4008:
      安遠迩与之 奈良乎伎波奈礼 阿麻射可流 比奈尓波安礼登 和賀勢故乎 見都追志乎礼婆 於毛比夜流 許等母安利之乎 於保伎美乃 美許等可之古美乎須久尓能 許等登理毛知弖 和可久佐能 安由比多豆久利 [...]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (archaic) to eat and drink
  3. (archaic) to wear
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • () (oshi)
  • ()(もの) (oshimono)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しょく
Grade: 2
kan’on

(しょく) (shoku) +

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょ [shòkúꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝ]

Verb

(しょく) • (shokusu) transitive godan (stem (しょく) (shokushi), past (しょく)した (shokushita))

  1. (literary) to eat
Conjugation
Synonyms

References

  • Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man’yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2003, →ISBN.
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