食べ物

食べ物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食	物
た 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”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• 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]

Noun

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

Synonyms

Synonyms

• 食 (は)み物 (もの) (hamimono)
• 食 (く)い物 (もの) (kuimono)
• 食 (く)らい物 (もの) (kuraimono)
• 食 (お)し物 (もの) (oshimono)
• 食 (しょく)物 (もつ) (shokumotsu)
• ご飯 (はん) (gohan) (food, a meal)

Derived terms

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

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