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食べる

食べる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Verb

食べる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana たべる, romaji taberu)

  1. to eat
    今日 (きょう)は、寿司 (すし) ()べに銀座 (ぎんざ) ()きます。
    Kyō wa, sushi o tabe ni Ginza ni ikimasu.
    I'll go to Ginza today to eat sushi.
     (はし) ()べます。
    Hashi de tabemasu.
    I eat with chopsticks.
  2. (archaic, humble) to eat or drink
    • 16031604, Nippo Jisho (page 594)
      Tabe, uru, eta. タベ, ブル, ベタ (食べ, ぶる, べた) 食う, または, 飲む.

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References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9