食べ物

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
食 物
た
Grade: 2 		もの
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 食(た)べ (tabe, “eating”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 食(た)べる (taberu, “to eat”)) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).

Pronunciation

Noun

食(た)べ物(もの) • (tabemono) 

  1. food in general; provisions
    食(た)べ物(もの)は十(じゅう)分(ぶん)ある
    tabemono wa jūbun aru
    there is enough food
  2. a specific food
    この食(た)べ物(もの)はどうやって調(ちょう)理(り)しますか。
    Kono tabemono wa dō yatte chōri shimasu ka.
    How do you prepare this food / this dish?
  3. one's diet, what one eats.
    食(た)べ物(もの)にはうるさい
    tabemono ni wa urusai
    to be particular or finicky about one's diet

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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