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    3. 食べる

    食べる

    食たべ​る​

    to eat

    N5KMT8News #25+1CoreVerb, TransitiveFood & DiningKanji Vocab13 strokes

    喰べる

    たべる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to eat
    2.
    to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    毎まい日にちご飯はんを食たべる。

    I eat rice every day.

    KMT2Food & DiningDaily Life
    彼かれは家か族ぞくを養やしなうために、少すくない給きゅう料りょうで食たべるのに苦く労ろうしている。

    He struggles to make ends meet with a small salary to support his family.

    KMT8Work & CareerFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    日に本ほんでは、箸はしを使つかって食しょく事じを食たべるのが一いっ般ぱん的てきだ。

    In Japan, it is common to eat meals using chopsticks.

    KMT8Food & DiningCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは健けん康こうのために、野や菜さいをたくさん食たべるように心こころがけている。

    He tries to eat a lot of vegetables for his health.

    KMT8Food & DiningMedicine & Health
    飢き餓がに苦くるしむ人ひと々びとにとって、今きょ日う食たべるものがあることは何なによりも尊とうとい。

    For people suffering from hunger, having something to eat today is more precious than anything.

    KMT9Food & DiningEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    べ
    be
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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