Furigana: べんとう
Romaji: bentou
Meaning: lunchbox
Level: JLPT N5
Word Type: noun
Writing
| Kanji | Meaning | Onyomi | Kunyomi | JLPT |
| 弁 | speech, dialect | BEN | – | 1 |
| 当 | to hit, be equivalent | TOU | a(teru), a(taru) | 3 |
The word bentou almost always is used together with the honorific prefix o. お弁当 – おべんとう – obentou
Examples
| Kanji | 日本のお弁当は色々入っていて楽しいです。 |
| Furigana | にほんのおべんとうはいろいろはいっていてたのしいです。 |
| Romaji | nihon no obentou wa iroiro haitte ite tanoshii desu. |
| English | Japanese lunchboxes include various things and are fun. |
Vocabulary
Synonym
| Kanji | Furigana |
Romaji | Meaning | JLPT |
| – | ||||
| – |
Opposite
| Kanji | Furigana |
Romaji | Meaning | JLPT |
| 5 |
Related words
| Kanji | Furigana |
Romaji | Meaning | JLPT |
| 駅弁 | えきべん | ekiben | lunchbox sold at train stations | – |
| – |
NIHONGO ICHIBAN 