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食べる

たべる

to eat

Mnemonic

Lift the lid off the heaped dish, and pick up the tab たべる afterwards. Everything in between is eating: たべる.

Worth knowing

食べる is the neutral word. 食う くう is the blunt, masculine one, and 召し上がる めしあがる is the polite one you use about a guest.

Built from

eat, food
A lid sitting over a heaped dish.

Words sharing these kanji

meal, dinner to eat, to live on

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