Illustration: During a lunch break on a riverside embankment, an office worker opens a compact lunchbox on their lap. Inside, rice, rolled omelet, grilled fish, and neatly separated vegetables form a complete meal. The fitted lid rests on an unwrapped carrying cloth beside a pair of chopsticks.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

弁べん当とう

bentou

boxed lunch, bento

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちは学校がっこうで早はやめに弁当べんとうを食たべた。

    We had an early lunch at school.

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  2. 駅えきで弁当べんとうを買かった。

    I bought a box lunch at the station.

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  3. 暖あたたかい弁当べんとうが買かえる。

    We can buy hot lunches.

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Kanji in 弁当

  • 弁speech; distinguishOnベン・ヘンKunかんむり・わきまえる・わける
  • 当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる

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