Dictionary / Vocabulary / 食事
しょくじ
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
JLPT N3 common word
人は食事を取らなければ死んでしまう。
If you don't eat, you die.
食事中本を読んだ。
I read a book while eating.
おやおや、食事の途中に席を立つとはマナーに反しますね。
Oh my, leaving the table in the middle of a meal is bad manners, you know.