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

bento
Japanese box lunch

Reading

Kana

おべんとう

Romaji

obentou

Writing Variants

御弁当 おべんとう 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,汁,お汁,吸い物,スープ,運動会,体育祭 Rank 21663 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

ほかほか弁当

ほかほかべんとう

hot bento

ワンコイン弁当

わんこいんべんとう

500-yen bento

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

毎日自分でお弁当を作ります。

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.