食べる

taberu

verb★Beginner

informal

to eat

私はご飯を食べます。

I eat rice.

彼はケーキを食べた。

He ate cake.

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The verb '食べる' is used for eating solid foods. For drinking, '飲む' (nomu) is used.

Collocations

食べるto eat食べ物food食べることeating

食べ過ぎphrase

overeating

食べ放題phrase

all-you-can-eat

In formal situations, use '食べます' (tabemasu) instead of '食べる' (taberu).

'食べる' is a transitive verb, meaning it requires a direct object (e.g., 'ご飯を食べる' - to eat rice).

Derived from the kanji '食' (to eat) and the verb ending '-る' (ru), indicating a transitive verb.

'食べる' is a common verb used in everyday language. The polite form is '食べます' (tabemasu).

食

to eat

root

べ

eating

stem

る

verb ending

suffix

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