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    3. 弁当

    弁当

    弁べん当とう

    bento

    N3KMT5News #7+1CoreNounDaily LifeFood & DiningKanji Vocab11 strokes

    辨當弁當辨当

    べんとう

    Noun

    1.
    bento, Japanese box lunch

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    毎まい日にち、母ははが弁べん当とうを作つくってくれます。

    My mother makes me a bento every day.

    KMT3Food & DiningFamily & Relationships
    昼ちゅう食しょくにコンビニで弁べん当とうを買かいました。

    I bought a bento at the convenience store for lunch.

    KMT5Food & DiningDaily Life
    忙いそがしい朝あさでも、冷れい凍とう食しょく品ひんを活かつ用ようして簡かん単たんに弁べん当とうが作つくれます。

    Even on busy mornings, you can easily make a bento using frozen foods.

    KMT5Food & DiningDaily Life
    遠えん足そくの日ひは、みんなでおいしい手て作づくり弁べん当とうを食たべました。

    On the day of the excursion, everyone ate delicious homemade bentos together.

    KMT6Food & DiningEducation
    日に本ほんの駅えき弁べんは、地ち域いきごとに特しょく色しょくがあって楽たのしいです。

    Japanese ekiben (train station bentos) are fun because each region has its own unique characteristics.

    KMT6Food & DiningTravel & Transportation

    Kanji that make up this word

    弁
    かんむり・わきま.える・わ.ける・はなびら・あらそ.う…(3)
    valve・petal・braid・speech・dialect…(4)
    当
    あ.たる・あ.たり・あ.てる・あ.て・まさ.に・まさ.にべし…(2)
    hit・right・appropriate・himself
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