拒食

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 拒食(きょしょく) means refusal to eat.
• Basic usage: The examples describe this state in a girl in a story and in an animal being cared for.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The change of state expressed by 陥る
  • 拒食に陥った describes falling into an undesirable state of refusing food. Here, 陥った presents entry into that state, while the other example's 拒食が続いた presents its continuation.