食べる (Taberu) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to eat, to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto eat
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
Examples
羊は草を食べる。
Sheep feed on grass.
夕食は家で食べるの？
Are you going to have dinner at home?
夕飯はもう食べましたか。
Have you had dinner?
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).