"Food, Clothing and housing" or "Food, Clothes and Shelter"? I wanted to translate a Japanese word "衣食住" which is literally translated as "clothes, food, housing". I came across quite a few translations: - food, clothing and housing - food, clothing and shelter - food, clothing and sheltering - food, shelter and clothing - food, clothes and shelter ...etc. I looked up on the Internet to see which is the most commonly used one, and it seems like it is "food, shelter and clothing". I know they all mean the same thing, but is there one that is always used in an official document or do they all sound appropriate?