食べ物

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
もの
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 食べ (tabe, eating, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 食べる taberu, “to eat”) + (mono, thing).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(もの) (tabemono) 

  1. food in general; provisions
    ()(もの)(じゅう)(ぶん)ある
    tabemono wa jūbun aru
    there is enough food
  2. a specific food
    この()(もの)はどうやって調(ちょう)()しますか。
    Kono tabemono wa dō yatte chōri shimasu ka.
    How do you prepare this food / this dish?
  3. one's diet, what one eats.
    ()(もの)にはうるさい
    tabemono ni wa urusai
    to be particular or finicky about one's diet

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References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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