食料品（しょくりょうひん、shokuryouhin）
- groceries

The Japanese word 食料品 (しょくりょうひん) refers to "food products," "groceries," or "provisions." It encompasses items that are typically purchased for consumption as food or used in food preparation. This includes a wide range of goods, from fresh produce and packaged foods to beverages and basic cooking ingredients. 食料品 often implies goods sold in a grocery store or supermarket.

⚫︎スーパーで 食料品 を買いました。 Translation: I bought groceries at the supermarket. ⚫︎新しい 食料品 のリストを作りましょう。 Translation: Let's make a new grocery list. ⚫︎この店は 食料品 の品揃えが豊富です。 Translation: This store has a wide selection of food products.

You use 食料品 when talking about buying food, listing items needed from the store, discussing the contents of a grocery store, or generally referring to food products. It is a common and practical word used in everyday conversation. It is a broad term, appropriate in various contexts, from casual chats about shopping to more formal discussions about supply chains.

食料品 is primarily written in kanji and hiragana. ⚫︎ Kanji: 食料品 ⚫︎ Hiragana reading: しょくりょうひん There is no other way to write this word. The okurigana (送りがな - suffix hiragana) is standard.

⚫︎ 食べ物 (たべもの): food ⚫︎ 食材 (しょくざい): ingredients, food materials ⚫︎ 買い出し (かいだし): shopping (for food) - implies going out to buy food

There aren't direct antonyms for 食料品 in the same sense, as it’s a category. However, one might consider items not related to food as opposites, like: ⚫︎ 日用品 (にちようひん): daily necessities (non-food items)

冷蔵庫に 食料品 がほとんどありません。 ・Translation: There is almost no food in the refrigerator. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the lack of food products in a refrigerator, indicating a need to purchase 食料品.

食料品 の値段が高くなっています。 ・Translation: The prices of groceries are rising. ・Explanation: This sentence discusses the increasing cost of food products.

The word 食料品 is made up of three kanji: ⚫︎ 食 (しょく): food, eat ⚫︎ 料 (りょう): material, ingredient ⚫︎ 品 (ひん): goods, items Therefore, the word literally translates to "food materials goods" which signifies "food products" or "groceries."