こんにちは！ちか先生(せんせい)です。
Konnichiwa! It’s Chika sensei.

Today I share my reply to a student’s question in the JLPT All-in-One course.
I hope you will find it helpful!

 

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Basic Verb

[A student’s comment]

先生、
Why is 「食事(しょくじ)を食べました」 wrong?
I thought 「食事」has the meaning of “meal”.
Isn’t that right?

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[Chika Sensei’s reply]

はい、そうです。
「食事」has the meaning of “meal”.

◎食事 meal [noun]

◎食事(を)する have a meal, dine
◎ごはん(meal, rice)を食べる have a meal
×食事を食べる is redundant and we usually don’t say so.

 

e.g.1
朝食(ちょうしょく) を食べる
朝(あさ)の食事をする
have a morning meal, eat breakfast

e.g.2
今日は家族と食事する
今日は家族とごはんを食べる
I am going to dine/eat with my family today

 

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