食生活

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 食生活 (しょくせいかつ) combines eating 食 and life 生活 to denote diet or eating habits.
• Basic usage: It covers ongoing nutritional balance and changes after beginning to live alone.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A continuing pattern, not one meal
  • 食生活 describes the repeated organization of eating over time rather than a single breakfast or dinner.