Vocabulary

What does お弁当 (おべんとう, obentou) mean?

お弁当 (おべんとう, obentou) means boxed lunch, bento.

Quick facts
Readingおべんとう
Romajiobentou
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
おべんとう
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonobentou

boxed lunch, bento

GenkiGenki 9
  1. 1noun bento; Japanese box lunch

Example sentences

  • I make a lunch box every day.

  • I eat a boxed lunch in the park.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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