Vocabulary

What does 食べる (たべる, taberu) mean?

食べる (たべる, taberu) means to eat.

Quick facts
Readingたべる
Romajitaberu
Part of speechichidan verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
たべる
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommontaberu

to eat

  1. 1ichidan verb · transitive to eat
  2. 2ichidan verb · transitive to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

Example sentences

  • I eat bread every morning.

  • Yesterday I ate sushi.

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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.

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