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Basic Japanese Vocabulary #2 : Food -食べ物(たべもの)

Food in Japanese
Written by Kaori sensei

Today, We will study Basic Japanese vocabulary for food that will appear on the JLPT N5. Use infographics, flashcards, and practice tests to study effectively. Get ready!

Note: How can I remember foods?

First, grouping related words together for memorization is effective.Also remember the name of the group together. For example, apples, oranges, bananas are fruits, etc.Many of the JLPT paraphrase questions are like this one.

Inforgraphic:

food name in Japanese
food name in Japanese

たべもの (food)

English translationJapanese
curryカレー
lunch boxお弁当 (おべんとう)
breadパン
cooked riceごはん
cakeケーキ
food name

のみもの (drink)

English translationJapanese
coffeeコーヒー
black tea紅茶 (こうちゃ)
teaお茶 (おちゃ)
alcholicお酒 (おさけ)
milk牛乳 (ぎゅうにゅう)
drink name

ごはん (meal)

English translationJapanese
breakfastあさごはん
lunchひるごはん
dinnerばんごはん
drink name

くだもの (fruit) ・やさい(vegetable)

English translationJapanese
strawberryいちご
appleりんご
bananaバナナ
potatoじゃがいも
carrotにんじん
fruit ・vegetable name in Japanese

にく(meat)・さかな(fish)・たまご(egg)

English translationJapanese
chicken鶏肉(とりにく)
poak豚肉(ぶたにく)
beef牛肉(ぎゅうにく)
fish魚(さかな)
eggs卵(たまご)
meat,fish,egg name in Japanese
food name in Japanese

ちょうみりょう(seasoning)

English translationJapanese
sugar砂糖(さとう)
salt塩(しお)
soysauceしょうゆ
butterバター
seasoning name in Japanese

しょっき(tableware)

English translationJapanese
glass砂糖(さとう)
cup塩(しお)
palteしょうゆ
rice bowlバター
knifeナイフ
spoonスプーン
forkフォーク
chopsticksおはし
tableware name in Japanese
food name in Japanese

Flash card video :

You can practice these vocabularies about people in Japanese with flash cards video.

Food in Japanese flash card video

Practice test video:

You can try JLPT practice test about today’s vocabularies! Let’s challenge!

Food in Japanese practice test video

Recommendation books for JLPT

You can add your training with using these book for JLPT N5.

The Preparatory Course for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test: N5 Reading

You can also check this article too.

About the author

Kaori sensei

Japanese online teacher, live in Kamakura, Japan. She is currently working as a language teacher and online Japanese experience host to introduce Japanese culture to the world. She originally worked as an engineer at a Japanese company, so she is familiar with Japanese business culture too.

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