お弁当

おべんとう

A boxed lunch; bento

N5noun·obentou

How to remember it

お (polite) + 弁当; a handy packed meal carried in a box.

Example sentences

  • 駅でお弁当を買いました。

    えきでおべんとうをかいました。

    I bought a bento at the station.

  • 母が毎日お弁当を作ってくれます。

    ははがまいにちおべんとうをつくってくれます。

    My mother makes me a bento every day.

Usage

Polite; the plain form 弁当 is equally common in speech.

Related words

おにぎりご飯昼ごはん弁当箱

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