食べ物

Japanese

Compound of 食(た)べ (tabe, “eating”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 食(た)べる (taberu, “to eat”)) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

食(た)べ物(もの) • (tabemono)

food in general; provisions
食(た)べ物(もの)は十(じゅう)分(ぶん)ある
tabemono wa jūbun aru
there is enough food
a specific food
この食(た)べ物(もの)はどうやって調(ちょう)理(り)しますか。
Kono tabemono wa dō yatte chōri shimasu ka.
How do you prepare this food / this dish?
one's diet, what one eats
食(た)べ物(もの)にはうるさい
tabemono ni wa urusai
to be particular or finicky about one's diet

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 “たべ‐もの【食物】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN