食べ放題
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Meanings
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all-you-can-eat; buffet
Refers to a dining style where you can eat as much as you want for a fixed price or time. Often used in restaurant names and menus.
That restaurant has an all-you-can-eat deal for 1,000 yen.
I want to go to an all-you-can-eat cake place.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉食べ放題all-you-can-eat 〈food〉
I went to an all-you-can-eat yakiniku restaurant with a friend.
- 食べ放題にするto choose the all-you-can-eat option
Since we're here, let's go with the all-you-can-eat option.
- 〈数〉分食べ放題all-you-can-eat with a time limit of 〈number〉 minutes
This course is all-you-can-eat for 90 minutes.
- 食べ放題で〈動詞〉to do something (e.g. eat) as part of the all-you-can-eat plan
I ate as much as I wanted at the all-you-can-eat.