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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?
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Kanji in this word
食
Eat, Food
9 strokes
More words with
食
食い込む
くいこむ ·
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin)
定食
ていしょく ·
fixed-price lunch
N1
主食
しゅしょく ·
staple food
N1
食塩
しょくえん ·
table salt
N2
食器
しょっき ·
tableware
N2
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食糧
しょくりょう ·
provisions
N3
食品
しょくひん ·
foodstuff
N3
食べ物
たべもの ·
food
N5
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