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食べる
たべる
N5
ichidan verb
transitive 他動詞
Meanings
1
to eat
2
to live on (e.g. a salary)
3
to live off
4
to subsist on
Example sentence
朝ご飯を食べましたか。
あさごはんを たべましたか。
Did you eat breakfast?
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 食べる in the wild?
Kanji in this word
食
Eat, Food
9 strokes
More words with
食
食品
しょくひん ·
foodstuff
N3
食事
しょくじ ·
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
食事
しょくじする ·
meal
N4
食料
しょくりょう ·
food
N3
昼食
ちゅうしょく ·
lunch (same as 昼ご飯 (ひるごはん))
N3
Full entry on Jisho
夕食
ゆうしょく ·
evening meal
給食
きゅうしょく ·
school lunch
N1
食べ物
たべもの ·
food
N5
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