草食系

Reading

Kana: そうしょくけい

Romaji: soushokukei

Definition

noun

1

man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; herbivore

Kanji

草

Readings: ソウ、 くさ、 くさ-、 -ぐさ

Meanings: grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food

系

Reading: ケイ

Meanings: lineage, system