🌏 Region(s): Honshu (Standard)
たべる【食べる】 : taberu | define meaning
taberu
Definition
Verb
- (Humans) To eat
- (Animals) To eat; to feed on; to graze
- (Figuratively) To make a living; to live off; to subsist off; to make ends meet
Etymology
Historically attested under the form たぶる【食ぶる】 taburu. Cognate to Kagoshima たもる【食もる】 tamoru "to eat".
Notes
Rarely spelled as 【喰べる】, and sometimes misspelled as 【食る】 in writing.
For eating foods that are liquid such as soup, consider the verb のむ【飲む】 nomu.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 食べる |
| Kana | たべる |
| Romanization | taberu |
意味：たべる【食べる・喰べる】、くう【食う】、くらう【食らう】、いただく【頂く】、しょくする【食する】、めしあがる【召し上がる】
Categories:
食べる
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2013, April 30). たべる【食べる】 : taberu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, November 1, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1557/taberu/.