食べる (たべる) — to eat
食べる
to eat
Frequency #300
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
3 characters
ichidan verb · transitive
Part of speech (JMdict: v1, vt) action
taberu
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
たべる[2] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- to eat
Kanji Used
Related Words
Grammar Points
Grammar patterns commonly used with 食べる.
を
Particles
direct object marker
〜て
Verb forms
connective form (and then, and)
〜た
Verb forms
plain past affirmative
〜ない
Verb forms
plain negative (don't / doesn't / not)
〜ます
Verb forms
polite non-past affirmative
〜ている
Verb forms
ongoing action (progressive)
〜たい
Modals
want to do X (speaker's desire)
〜ましょう
Verb forms
let's do X