I Love Kanji食べる (taberu)
食べる (たべる, taberu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to eat”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たべる
- Romaji
- taberu
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to eat · ichidan verb, transitive
- to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 食べる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 食べる | たべる taberu |
| Polite (~masu) | 食べます | たべます tabemasu |
| Negative | 食べない | たべない tabenai |
| Polite negative | 食べません | たべません tabemasen |
| Past | 食べた | たべた tabeta |
| Polite past | 食べました | たべました tabemashita |
| Negative past | 食べなかった | たべなかった tabenakatta |
| Te-form | 食べて | たべて tabete |
| Potential | 食べられる | たべられる taberareru |
| Passive | 食べられる | たべられる taberareru |
| Causative | 食べさせる | たべさせる tabesaseru |
| Volitional | 食べよう | たべよう tabeyou |
| Imperative | 食べろ | たべろ tabero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 食べれば | たべれば tabereba |
Kanji in 食べる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 食べる.
食堂しょくどうdining room食べ物たべものfood食事しょくじmeal (e.g. lunch, dinner)食料品しょくりょうひんfoodstuff食卓しょくたくdining table食品しょくひんfood食物しょくもつfood食欲しょくよくappetite (for food)食料しょくりょうfood食糧しょくりょうfood (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat)食うくうto eat昼食ちゅうしょくlunch食塩しょくえんtable salt食器しょっきtableware
Source: JMdict entry 1358280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.