しょくどう
Meanings
Noun
1. dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; canteen; messroom
For a while, I had been eating only in the school cafeteria.
2. restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner
Do the two of you run this diner by yourselves?
Pitch accent
しょ
くどう
Composed of
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
volunteer-run cafeteria providing free or inexpensive meals to children and others in need
staff cafeteria; staff canteen
cafeteria; snack bar; lunch counter
living room-cum-dining room
Examples (32 in total)
The cafeteria was crowded.
I was standing at the entrance of the cafeteria.
The living room adjoins the dining room.