しょくよう
Shokuyou
食用 (Shokuyou) is a Japanese adjectival noun meaning “for use as food, edible”.
Meanings
- adjectival noun, nounfor use as food; edible
Examples
この魚は食用にならない。
This fish is not fit to eat.
ニンジンやカブは食用根菜です。
Carrots and turnips are edible roots.
その肉は全く食用に適さなかった。
None of the meat was fit to eat.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).