Kanji 処 dispose, manage, deal with Related words 食しょく 堂どう 食堂 is a more standard word for a dining hall or casual restaurant, while 食べ処 has a slightly more rustic or traditional feel.
レストラン レストラン is a general loanword for restaurant, often implying Western-style dining; 食べ処 is more Japanese-style and informal.
Written forms 食た べ 処どころ
Standard kanji spelling using 食べ (eat) and 処 (place).
食たべ 処どころ
Variant using 食 instead of 食べ ; less common but still seen.
食た べどころ
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; natural in casual writing.
Etymology Compound of 食べ (tabe, 'eating', the stem of 食べる ) and 処 (tokoro/dokoro, 'place'). The reading どころ is a rendaku form of ところ .
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