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食しょくあたり

しょ

く

あ

た

り

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

noun

Common term for illness caused by eating contaminated food.

昨日きのうの刺さし身みで食しょくあたりになった。
I got food poisoning from yesterday's sashimi.

Written forms

食しょくあたりUsage80%
Standard kanji spelling for food poisoning.
食しょく当あたりUsage16%
Alternate kanji spelling using 当.
食しょく中あたりUsage4%
Rare kanji spelling using 中.

Kanji

食eat, food
当hit, right, appropriate
中in, inside, middle

Similar words

食しょく中ちゅう毒どく
食中毒 is a more formal or medical term for food poisoning, while 食あたり is a common, everyday expression.

Etymology

Compound of 食 (shoku, 'eating') and あたり (atari, 'hit' or 'strike'), literally meaning 'struck by food'.