Japanese symbol for “gastronomy”
美食学
びしょくがく
Romaji: bishokugaku
gastronomy
In Japanese, gastronomy is 美食学, read びしょくがく (bishokugaku).
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Meanings
- n gastronomy
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “gastronomy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ガストロノミー | ガストロノミー gasutoronomii | gastronomy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 美しい | うつくしい utsukushii | beautiful; pretty; lovely |
| 美人 | びじん bijin | beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle |
| 美術 | びじゅつ bijutsu | art; fine arts |
| 美術館 | びじゅつかん bijutsukan | art museum; art gallery |
| 美容 | びよう biyou | beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance |
| 美女 | びじょ bijo | beautiful woman |
| 食事 | しょくじ shokuji | meal (e.g. lunch, dinner) |
| 食品 | しょくひん shokuhin | food; food products; foodstuffs |
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.