Word Meaning お弁当

おべんとう obentou

お弁当 is read as おべんとう (obentou) and means bento.

Meaning

English

  1. bento
  2. Japanese box lunch

Reading

Kana

おべんとう

Romaji

obentou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Related Words ご飯,おかず,,お汁,吸い物,スープ,運動会,体育祭 Rank 21614 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お弁当つけて

おべんとうつけて

with rice stuck on one's face

弁当

べんとう

bento

手弁当

てべんとう

working without pay

合の子弁当

あいのこべんとう

children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

仕出し弁当

しだしべんとう

box lunches for delivery

日の丸弁当

ひのまるべんとう

hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)

コンビニ弁当

こんびにべんとう

convenience store lunch box

幕の内弁当

まくのうちべんとう

box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

愛妻弁当

あいさいべんとう

lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife

松花堂弁当

しょうかどうべんとう

square or rectangular bento box containing cross-shaped separators

Example Sentences

10

まいにちじぶんでおべんとうをつくります。

I make my own bento every day.

Is that Tom's lunch box?

Make it a normal packed lunch, OK?

You have eaten lunch, haven't you?

How about having our lunch in the park?

Don't put bell peppers in the bento.

Can I eat my lunch in this room?

Let's sit over there and have our lunch.

You may bring your own lunch to school.

I think I'll brown bag it this week.