食たべられる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

can eat; able to eat

Potential form of 食べる, expressing ability or possibility to eat. Can also be interpreted as the passive form depending on context, but this sense focuses on the potential meaning.

• 私わたしは辛からいものが食たべられない。

  I can't eat spicy food.

• このキノコは食たべられますか？

  Can you eat this mushroom?

pre-noun adjectival

edible; good to eat

Pre-noun adjectival use describing something as being fit or pleasant to eat. Often used in phrases like 食べられる状態 or 食べられる味.

• この果物くだものはまだ食たべられる状じょう態たいではない。

  This fruit is not yet in an edible state.

• 彼かの女じょの作つくった料りょう理りはとても食たべられる味あじじゃなかった。

  The dish she made was not at all good to eat.