目次
○ Pronunciation
- 食べる
○ Meaning
- to eat
- to make a living
- Wiki
○ Etymology
- 食ぶ|to receive food or drink from a superior|Middle Japanese
○ Kanji
- 食|ta(beru), ku(u), shoku, jiki
- to eat
- to make a living
○ Example sentences
- ご飯を食べるために私は働く
- I work to make a living.
- Discover recent tweets from Japanese users about this word.
- tabe aruki
食べ歩き
food tour - tabehoudai
食べ放題
all-you-can-eat - tabegoro
食べごろ
just the right time to eat - tabemono
食べ物
food - tabenokoshi
食べ残し
leftover food
- kuichigau
食い違う
To disagree - kuu ni komaru
食うに困る
To be poor - kuu
食う
To eat - kuwazugirai
食わず嫌い
To refuse something without trying it - Tade kuu mushi mo suki zuki
蓼食う虫も好き好き
Everyone has their own preferences
- Chuushoku
昼食
Lunch - Gesshoku
月食
Lunar eclipse - Shokuji
食事
Meal - Shokuryou
食料
Provisions - Shokuyoku
食欲
Appetite
○ Synonyms
- Sesshu suru
摂取する
To consume - Gokkun suru
ゴックンする
To gulp - Pakupaku to taberu
パクパクと食べる
To eat eagerly - Musaboru
貪る
To devour - Kuchi ni suru
口にする
To eat - Shokusu
食す
To eat (formal) - Shokuji suru
食事する
To have a meal
○ See also
○ Conjugation
- Basic/Present Forms
- Present tense negative forms
- Past Forms
- Past tense negative forms
- Future/Intent
- Future/Intent Negative
- Progressive/Continuous
- Progressive/Continuous Negative
- Passive Forms
- Negative Passive Forms
- Commands/Requests
- Commands/Requests (Negative)
- Invitations
- Invitations (Negative)
- Connecting Actions
- Connecting Actions (Negative)
- taberu
- 食べる
- eat
- Plain/dictionary form, used in casual settings.
- tabemasu
- 食べます
- eat (polite)
- Polite form for general statements or present/future actions.
2.Present tense negative forms
- tabenai
- 食べない
- not to eat
- Present tense negative.
- tabemasen
- 食べません
- not to eat (polite)
- Polite-form present tense negative
- tabeta
- 食べた
- ate
- Plain past form.
- tabemashita
- 食べました
- ate (polite)
- Polite past form.
- tabenakatta
- 食べなかった
- didn’t eat
- Negative plain past.
- tabemasen deshita
- 食べませんでした
- didn’t eat (polite)
- Polite negative past.
- taberu darou
- 食べるだろう
- will eat (casual)
- Casual future prediction.
- tabemasu
- 食べます
- will eat (polite)
- Can indicate polite future intent.
- taberu ne
- 食べるね
- will eat (friendly, casual)
- Friendly future intent.
- tabenai darou
- 食べないだろう
- will not eat (casual)
- Casual future prediction.
- tabemasen
- 食べません
- will not eat (polite)
- Polite future negative intent.
- tabenai yo
- 食べないよ
- will not eat (friendly, casual)
- Friendly future negative intent.
- tabete iru
- 食べている
- eating (casual)
- Casual ongoing action.
- tabete imasu
- 食べています
- eating (polite)
- Polite ongoing action.
8.Progressive/Continuous Negative
- tabete inai
- 食べていない
- not eating (casual)
- Casual ongoing negative action.
- tabete imasen
- 食べていません
- not eating (polite)
- Polite ongoing negative action.
- taberareru
- 食べられる
- “To be eaten” or “can eat”
- casual passive meaning.
- taberaremasu
- 食べられます
- “To be eaten (polite)” or “can eat (polite)”
- Polite form of passive, indicating politeness in context.
- taberarenai
- 食べられない
- “Not to be eaten” or “can’t eat,”
- Negative passive in a casual way.
- taberaremasen
- 食べられません
- “Not to be eaten (polite)” or “can’t eat (polite)”
- Polite negative passive, in a formal setting.
- tabero
- 食べろ
- Strong command to eat.
- tabete kudasai
- 食べてください
- Please eat
- Polite request.
- tabete
- 食べて
- Casual request, asking someone to eat in a friendly manner.
12.Commands/Requests (Negative)
- taberuna
- 食べるな
- Strong command to not eat.
- tabenaidekudasai
- 食べないでください
- Please don’t eat
- Polite request.
- tabenaide
- 食べないで
- Casual request, asking someone not to eat in a friendly manner.
- tabeyou
- 食べよう
- Let’s eat
- Casual invitation.
- tabemashou
- 食べましょう
- Polite invitation, often used to suggest eating together formally.
- tabenai de iyou
- 食べないでいよう
- Let’s not eat
- Casual invitation to not eat.
- tabenai de imashou
- 食べないでいましょう
- Polite suggestion not to eat, a polite way to suggest not eating.
- tabete
- 食べて
- Eat and…
- Connecting two actions.
- tabete kara
- 食べてから
- After eating…
- Indicates that the next action will follow after eating.
16.Connecting Actions (Negative)
- tabenai de
- 食べないで
- Don’t eat and…
- Connecting two actions in the negative form.