Hanamaruhanamaru

たべる

食べる

eat

taberu

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#1,591

Meanings

  1. 1
    to eatv1vt
  2. 2
    to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist onv1vt

JMdict 1358280

In a sentence

あさごはん朝ごはんbreakfastたべる食べるeat

I'm going to eat breakfast!

How it works

(object) marks 朝ごはんあさごはん (breakfast) as the thing being eaten, and it sits before the verb 食べるたべる (eat) — Japanese puts the verb last. The verb stays in its plain dictionary form, so this sounds casual. The final (you know) adds a light push, like telling someone “I'm going to eat breakfast, just so you know.”

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