衣食

いしょく

[ishoku]

Definitions

1.noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

food and clothing

2.noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

living; livelihood

衣食いしょくが足りたりて初めてはじめて礼節れいせつを知るしる。

Only when food and clothing are sufficient can one learn etiquette.

衣い食しょく住じゅうのすべてを自給じきゅうした時代じだいもある。

There were times when people were self-sufficient in all necessities.

戦時せんじ中ちゅうは衣い食しょくに事欠くことかく人ひとが多かっおおかった。

During wartime, many people lacked food and clothing.