Definition: 意味
to eat
Learn Japanese vocabulary: 食べる 【たべる】(taberu)
Meaning:
- to eat
- to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
Conjugations
- 食べた 【たべた】 (tabeta) past tense
- 食べます 【たべます】 (tabemasu) polite
- 食べて 【たべて】 (tabete) te-form
Type: Verb, Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb
Level: JLPT N5 Vocabulary
食べる - Example Sentences 例文
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Example #1
今夜は何を食べるんですか？
こんやはなにをたべるんですか？
kon'ya wa nani wo taberu n desu ka?
What are you/we going to eat tonight?
Example #2
何を食べているの？
なにをたべているの？
nani wo tabeteiru no?
What are you eating?
Example #3
私は食べるのが大好きです！
わたしはたべるのがだいすきです。
watashi wa taberu no ga daisuki desu.
I love eating.
Example #4
食べたいものはありますか？
たべたいものはありますか？
tabetai mono wa arimasu ka?
Is there anything you want to eat?
Example #5
今朝はおにぎりを食べました。
けさはおにぎりをたべました。
kesa wa onigiri wo tabemashita.
I had onigiri for breakfast today.
Example #6
すしを食べたことがありません。
すしをたべたことがありません。
sushi wo tabeta koto ga arimasen.
I've never eaten sushi.
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