こくしょく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of こくしょく – see the following entries.

【国色】 [noun] most beautiful woman of a country [noun] Synonym of 牡丹 (botan, “peony”)

【黒色】 [noun] black

【穀食】 [noun] cereal-eating [verb] eat cereals

(This term, こくしょく (kokushoku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)