食べ物
たべもの
hepburn tabemono
food
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 好きな食べ物は何ですか。What is your favorite food?
- 日本の食べ物はおいしいです。Japanese food is delicious.
Collocations
好きな食べ物 (favorite food)日本の食べ物 (Japanese food)食べ物屋 (tabemono-ya, food shop)食べる + 物 = 食べ物 (compound)飲み物 (drinks)
Mnemonic
食べ物 tabemono — taberu (eat) stem + 物 (thing) = "thing to eat". Pair: 飲み物 nomimono (drinks). The verb-stem + 物 pattern generates nouns broadly: 読み物 yomimono (reading material), 乗り物 norimono (vehicle). Broader than English "food", covering anything edible.
Quick check
"Reading material" — natural Japanese?