Food (colloquial) in Japanese 🇯🇵

たべもの info.

### Tips to Remember the Japanese Word
1. Visualization: Imagine a table (たべ), filled with all your favorite foods. This can help you remember the beginning sound.
2. Sound Association: The word "tab" (たべ) sounds a bit like "table," a place where food is eaten.
3. Mnemonics: Think of "ta" as "table" and "be" as "belly," so "table-belly" for "food."

### Explanations
– たべもの (Tabemono): The word directly translates to "food" in English. It combines the verb "taberu" (to eat) and "mono" (thing), so it literally means "a thing you eat."

### Other Words that Mean the Same Thing
1. しょくひん (Shokuhin): Generally used for food products, often in a more commercial or formal setting.
2. たべるもの (Taberu Mono): Literally means "thing to eat." It's a more descriptive and sometimes colloquial way to refer to food.

### Alternate Meanings / Slang
– In a colloquial setting, たべもの (tabemono) does not have many alternate meanings or slang variations, but can be used in different contexts to imply something desirable or necessary.

### Examples of Sentences that Use It
1. 毎日、新鮮な野菜を食べないと健康な体を維持するのは難しい。
– まいにち、しんせんなやさいをたべないとけんこうなからだをいじするのはむずかしい。
– Mainichi, shinsen na yasai o tabenai to kenkou na karada o iji suru no wa muzukashii.
– It's difficult to maintain a healthy body without eating fresh vegetables every day.

2. その店のたべものはすごく美味しい。
– そのみせのたべものはすごくおいしい。
– Sono mise no tabemono wa sugoku oishii.
– The food at that restaurant is really delicious.

3. 旅先でたべものに困らないように、少し日本語を覚えたほうがいい。
– たびさきでたべものにこまらないように、すこしにほんごをおぼえたほうがいい。
– Tabisaki de tabemono ni komaranai you ni, sukoshi Nihongo o oboeta hou ga ii.
– You should learn a little Japanese so you don't have trouble with food when traveling.

4. このかばんには、すぐに食べられるたべものを入れています。
– このかばんには、すぐにたべられるたべものをいれています。
– Kono kaban ni wa, sugu ni taberareru tabemono o ireteimasu.
– I have put some ready-to-eat food in this bag.

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