糧

かて

Also written 粮, りょう, かりて

Meanings

1. Noun food; provisions
2. nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

Kanji

• 糧 provisions. Read as かて.

Example sentences

• そこにいる間、生活の糧はどうするのだ。
  What will you live on while you are there?
• 我らに今日も日々の糧をお与えください。我らの負い目をお許しください。我々も、我らに負い目のある者たちを許します。
  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Common phrases

• 糧になる
• 糧を得る
• 生きる糧 (いきるかて) source of vitality

Words containing 糧

• 心の糧 (こころのかて) food for thought
• 日々の糧 (ひびのかて) one's daily bread
• 生活の糧 (せいかつのかて) source of one's livelihood

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Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists