"食べる" meaning in Japanese

See 食べる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ta̠be̞ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: From earlier Old Japanese form 食ぶ (tabu, “to (humbly) receive or get”, from a superior), a verb with the 下二段 (shimo nidan) or lower bigrade conjugation pattern. This was the humble form of 賜ぶ, 給ぶ (tabu, “to (deign to) give”, to an inferior), a verb with the full 四段 (yodan) or quadrigrade conjugation pattern. Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru. Most likely cognate with 給う (tamau, “to give”, as a superior gives a thing to, or does something for, an inferior). Compare the historical development of meaning from “to humbly receive” → “to eat”, with the modern use of the humble verb 頂く (itadaku, “to receive”) just before eating, in a sense of “I humbly receive this food.” Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-verb|たべる|tr=transitive|type=2}} 食(た)べる • (taberu) transitive ichidan (stem 食(た)べ (tabe), past 食(た)べた (tabeta)) Forms: 食べる [canonical] (ruby: ()), taberu [romanization], 食べ [stem] (ruby: ()), 食べた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 食べ [error-unrecognized-form], たべ [error-unrecognized-form], tabe [error-unrecognized-form], 食べる [error-unrecognized-form], たべる [error-unrecognized-form], taberu [error-unrecognized-form], 食べれ [error-unrecognized-form], たべれ [error-unrecognized-form], tabere [error-unrecognized-form], 食べよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 食べろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], たべよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], たべろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], tabeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], tabero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 食べられる [passive], たべられる [passive], taberareru [passive], 食べさせる [causative], 食べさす [causative], たべさせる [causative], たべさす [causative], tabesaseru [causative], tabesasu [causative], 食べられる [potential], 食べれる [colloquial, potential], たべられる [potential], たべれる [colloquial, potential], taberareru [potential], tabereru [colloquial, potential], 食べよう [volitional], たべよう [volitional], tabeyō [volitional], 食べない [negative], 食べぬ [negative], 食べん [negative], たべない [negative], たべぬ [negative], たべん [negative], tabenai [negative], tabenu [negative], taben [negative], 食べず [continuative, negative], たべず [continuative, negative], tabezu [continuative, negative], 食べます [formal], たべます [formal], tabemasu [formal], 食べた [perfective], たべた [perfective], tabeta [perfective], 食べて [conjunctive], たべて [conjunctive], tabete [conjunctive], 食べれば [conditional, hypothetical], たべれば [conditional, hypothetical], tabereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to eat
    Sense id: en-食べる-ja-verb-Unr3wQmn Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
  2. (archaic, humble) to eat or drink Tags: archaic, humble
    Sense id: en-食べる-ja-verb-2cIkVYOn Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 召し上がる (meshiagaru) (ruby: (), ()) [honorific], 食う (kuu) (ruby: ()) [masculine, vulgar], まぼる (maboru) [obsolete], まぐらる (maguraru) Synonyms (of animals): 食む (hamu) (ruby: ())
Disambiguation of 'of animals': 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "form": "食べれ",
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      "form": "たべれ",
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      "form": "tabere",
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      "form": "食べられる",
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      "form": "たべられる",
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      "form": "taberareru",
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      "form": "食べさせる",
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      "form": "食べさす",
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      "form": "たべさせる",
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      "form": "たべさす",
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      "form": "tabesaseru",
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      "form": "tabesasu",
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      "form": "食べよう",
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      "form": "たべよう",
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      "form": "食べない",
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    {
      "form": "食べぬ",
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    {
      "form": "食べん",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "たべない",
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      "form": "たべぬ",
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      "form": "たべん",
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      "form": "tabenai",
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      "form": "tabenu",
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      "form": "食べず",
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      "form": "たべず",
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      "form": "tabezu",
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    {
      "form": "食べます",
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      "form": "たべます",
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      "form": "食べた",
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      "form": "食べて",
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  "etymology_text": "From earlier Old Japanese form 食ぶ (tabu, “to (humbly) receive or get”, from a superior), a verb with the 下二段 (shimo nidan) or lower bigrade conjugation pattern. This was the humble form of 賜ぶ, 給ぶ (tabu, “to (deign to) give”, to an inferior), a verb with the full 四段 (yodan) or quadrigrade conjugation pattern.\nDevelopment\nNatural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.\nMost likely cognate with 給う (tamau, “to give”, as a superior gives a thing to, or does something for, an inferior).\nCompare the historical development of meaning from “to humbly receive” → “to eat”, with the modern use of the humble verb 頂く (itadaku, “to receive”) just before eating, in a sense of “I humbly receive this food.”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "食べる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "食",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taberu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べ",
      "roman": "tabe",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "食",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べた",
      "roman": "tabeta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "食",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taberu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taberareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taberareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "食べれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たべれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "たべる",
        "tr": "transitive",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "食(た)べる • (taberu) transitive ichidan (stem 食(た)べ (tabe), past 食(た)べた (tabeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to eat a meal",
          "roman": "go-han o taberu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "飯",
              "はん"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ご飯を食べる",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to eat with chopsticks",
          "roman": "hashi de taberu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "箸",
              "はし"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "箸で食べる",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I'll go to Ginza today to eat sushi.",
          "roman": "Kyō wa, sushi o tabe ni Ginza ni ikimasu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "今日",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "寿",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "司",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "銀",
              "ぎん"
            ],
            [
              "座",
              "ざ"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "今日は、寿司を食べに銀座に行きます。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in order to make a living (lit. in order to keep eating)",
          "roman": "tabeteiku tame ni",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "食べていくために",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to eat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eat",
          "eat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese humble terms",
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Portuguese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Vocabulary of the Language of Japan",
          "ref": "1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 594:",
          "text": "Tabe, uru, eta. タベ, ブル, ベタ (食べ, ぶる, べた) 食う, または, 飲む.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to eat or drink"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ],
        [
          "eat",
          "eat"
        ],
        [
          "drink",
          "drink"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, humble) to eat or drink"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "humble"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "たべる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠be̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "meshiagaru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "召",
          "め"
        ],
        [
          "上",
          "あ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "召し上がる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "食",
          "く"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "食う"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hamu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "食",
          "は"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "of animals",
      "word": "食む"
    },
    {
      "roman": "maboru",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "まぼる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "maguraru",
      "word": "まぐらる"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "食べる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 食べる meaning in Japanese (9.0kB)

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