食べる

This is the 181st most frequent Japanese word.


食べる

To eat.


Here, '食べます' is the polite present tense form of the verb '食べる', used to express a habitual action or routine.

毎朝パンを食べます。

I eat bread every morning.


In this sentence, '食べてもいいですか' is a polite way to ask for permission to eat something, demonstrating the verb's application in polite requests.

このりんごを食べてもいいですか?

May I eat this apple?


Here, '食べさせられました' uses the causative-passive form of the verb '食べる', conveying being compelled to eat something.

あのレストランでは毎日ケーキを食べさせられました。

In that restaurant, I was made to eat cake every day.