食たべ物もの

Kanji

• 食eat, food
• 物thing, object, matter

Similar words

• 食しょく品ひん

  More formal and often used for processed or packaged food products, while 食べ物 is the everyday word for food in general.

• 料りょう理り

  Refers to prepared dishes or cuisine, emphasizing cooking, whereas 食べ物 simply means edible items.

Etymology

Compound of 食べ (stem of 食べる 'to eat') + 物 ('thing').