給食

きゅうしょく · kyuushoku · JLPT N1 · noun

lunch

🍱 給食 = 給 give + 食 food: the food given out to pupils at school, i.e. school lunch

給 (kyuu) means to give or supply; 食 (shoku) means food. Combined, they name the meal supplied to pupils at school. The same 給 appears in 給料, meaning wages, pay given out.

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