食べ物

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

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) たべも​の [tàbémóꜜnò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][4]
  • (Tokyo) たべ​もの [tàbéꜜmònò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][4]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠be̞mo̞no̞]

食べ物 (hiragana たべもの, rōmaji tabemono)

1. food in general; provisions

   食 (た)べ物 (もの)は十 (じゅう)分 (ぶん)ある

   tabemono wa jūbun aru

   there is enough food

2. a specific food

   この食 (た)べ物 (もの)はどうやって調 (ちょう)理 (り)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.

   食 (た)べ物 (もの)にはうるさい

   tabemono ni wa urusai

   to be particular or finicky about one's diet

• 食 (た)べ物 (もの)屋 (や) (tabemonoya, “a restaurant, an eatery”)