食べ放題

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ほう
Grade: 3
だい
Grade: 3
kun'yomi on'yomi

Etymology

From () (tabe, eating, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 食べる (taberu, to eat)) + 放題(ほうだい) (-hōdai, as much as one likes).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) べほーだい [tàbéhóꜜòdàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠be̞ho̞ːda̠i]

Noun

()(ほう)(だい) • (tabehōdai

  1. all you can eat

See also