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
3 characters
ichidan verb
transitive
action
taberu
たべる
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.
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Meanings
- to eat
Explained in simple Japanese
- ごはんなどを 口に 入れて、のみこむ。
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Usage examples
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すべての電車で同じように食べてよい、というわけではありません。
Subete no densha de onaji you ni tabete yoi, to iu wake de wa arimasen.
This does not mean it is acceptable to eat in the same way on every train.
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Verb forms
| Meaning | Plain | Polite |
|---|---|---|
| Present |
食べる たべる |
食べます たべます |
| Present negative |
食べない たべない |
食べません たべません |
| Past |
食べた たべた |
食べました たべました |
| Past negative |
食べなかった たべなかった |
食べませんでした たべませんでした |
| Te-form |
食べて たべて |
食べまして たべまして |
| Potential |
食べられる たべられる |
食べられます たべられます |
| Potential negative |
食べられない たべられない |
食べられません たべられません |
Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.
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
Sharing same tag — action
Kanji
Words
- 行く to go auxiliary verb godan verb (iku/yuku) intransitive
- 来る to come auxiliary verb intransitive kuru verb (irregular)
- 行く to go godan verb (iku/yuku) intransitive
- 書く to write godan verb (-ku) transitive
- 読む to read godan verb (-mu) transitive
- 見る to see auxiliary verb ichidan verb transitive
- 聞く to hear godan verb (-ku) transitive
- 飲む to drink godan verb (-mu) transitive
- 歩く to walk godan verb (-ku) intransitive
- 走る to run godan verb (-ru) intransitive