食たべ盛ざかり

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Meanings

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hearty appetite of a growing child

Refers to the period when a child is growing rapidly and eats a lot. Often used in phrases like 食べ盛りの子ども.

My son is at a growing age with a hearty appetite now, and he asks for seconds at every meal.

食たべ盛ざかりの子こどもがいる家か庭ていでは、食しょく費ひがかさむ。

In households with growing children who have big appetites, food expenses pile up.

〈人ひと〉は食たべ盛ざかりだsomeone is at the age of eating a lot
うちの息子むすこは今いま、食たべ盛ざかりでご飯はんを何なん杯ばいもおかわりする。
My son is at the growing-appetite age and asks for seconds of rice several times.

育そだち盛ざかりN1
育ち盛り highlights the period of rapid physical growth itself, while 食べ盛り highlights the big appetite that comes with it.

食たべ頃ごろ
食べ頃 means the ideal time to eat something (e.g. ripe fruit), whereas 食べ盛り describes a child's growth stage of eating huge amounts.
働はたらき盛ざかりN1
食べ盛り describes a child's peak growth/appetite period, not a person's peak working years like 働き盛り, though both use the suffix 盛り.

食たべ盛ざかりUsage84%
Standard kanji spelling.
食たべざかりUsage16%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji 盛り is not needed.

Compound of 食べ (stem of 食べる 'to eat') and 盛り (ざかり, 'peak' or 'prime'), literally 'eating prime'.