食べる (たべる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

食たべる

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食べる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	食たべる	食たべない
Polite	食たべます	食たべません
Past polite	食たべました	食たべませんでした
Past	食たべた	食たべなかった
Te-form	食たべて	食たべないで
Desire	食たべたい	食たべたくない
Potential	食たべられるalso 食たべれる	食たべられないalso 食たべれない
Passive	食たべられる	食たべられない
Causative	食たべさせる	食たべさせない
Causative passive	食たべさせられる	食たべさせられない
Volitional	食たべよう
Polite volitional	食たべましょう
Imperative	食たべろ	食たべるな
Conditional	食たべれば	食たべなければ
Tara conditional	食たべたら	食たべなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

eat

General verb for consuming food or a meal.

朝あさごはんを食たべましたか。
Did you eat breakfast?

Kanji

食eat, food
喰eat, drink, receive (a blow)

Related words· 7

食くうN3sense 1
食う is a rougher, more casual way of saying 食べる, often used by men in informal speech.
食くらう
食べる is the neutral, polite verb for 'eat', while 食らう is a vulgar, rough term implying greedy or heavy eating.
とる
食べる is the everyday word for eating, while 摂る is a more formal or health-conscious term for taking in food, drink, or nutrients.
喫きっする
食べる is the everyday word for eating, while 喫する is a formal, literary verb that can also cover drinking or smoking.

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したためるN1
食べる is the everyday word for 'eat'; したためる is a literary, old-fashioned way of describing having a meal, often in narrative writing.
口くちにするN2
食べる is the plain, everyday verb for eating anything, while 口にする is more literary and stresses the act of putting food or drink into one's mouth, often in small amounts.
食くい
食べる is the ordinary verb meaning 'to eat', while 食い is its noun form, mostly seen in set phrases and compounds rather than on its own.

Politeness

召めし上あがるhonorific 尊敬語N4sense 1
召し上がる is the honorific form of 食べる, used to show respect when someone else is eating.
頂いただくhumble 謙譲語N4sense 1
いただく is the humble form of 食べる, used when the speaker eats or receives food from someone of higher status.

Don't confuse with

飲のむN5
食べる is used for eating solid food, while 飲む is used for liquids, swallowing whole, or taking medicine, and the two are often mixed up with soup-like foods (スープを飲む vs. スープを食べる).

Word family· 36

食たべ物ものN5
food
食たべ頃ごろ
ready to eat; ripe; in season
食たべかす
leftovers; food scraps; leavings of a meal · bits of food; food particles (in teeth/mouth)

Written forms

食たべるUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
たべるUsage2%
喰たべるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Rare kanji variant; it is search-only.

Etymology

Derived from classical verb 食ぶ (たぶ) with the addition of the verbal suffix る, forming the modern ichidan verb. The kanji 食 is used for its meaning 'eat'.

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