食べる
たべる
hepburn taberu
to eat
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 朝ご飯を食べます。I eat breakfast.
- 何を食べたいですか。What do you want to eat?
Collocations
ご飯を食べる朝ご飯を食べる食べたい食べてみる食べ物
Mnemonic
食べる taberu — kanji 食 (eat). An ichidan (group 2) verb: stem is 食べ, conjugates as 食べます (polite), 食べない (negative), 食べたい (want to eat). Smooth -ru drop pattern.
Quick check
What is the polite (masu) form of 食べる?