Japanese Lesson: Food and Drink

[jinagaa]

Here I will list common foods and drinks in Japanese, as well as three verbs. Tomorrow, I will post the JLPT 5 Kanji 16-30. As usual, native speakers, if you see a problem please correct me.

Food: 食べ物（たべもの） tabemono`

Japanese food: 和食（わしょく）washoku

Western food: 洋食（ようしょく）youshoku

Boxed lunch: お弁当（おべんとう) obentou

Fruit: 果物（くだもの）kudamono

Vegetables:　野菜（やさい）yasai

Beef:　牛肉（ぎゅうにく）gyuuniku

Pork:豚肉（ぶたにく）butaniku

Chicken:鶏肉(とりにく）/チキン toriniku/chikin

Meat:　肉（にく）niku

Rice:お米（おこめ）okome

Rice (cooked):ごはん gohan

Bread:パン pan

Toast:トーストtoosuto

Soup:スープsuupu

Soba:そば soba

Ramen:ラーメン raamen

Udon:うどん udon

Ice cream:アイスクリーム aisukuriimu

Drinks: 飲み物（のみもの）nomimono

Green tea:お茶 ocha

Tea Ceremony green tea:　抹茶（まっちゃ）maccha

Black tea:紅茶（こうちゃ）koucha

Coffee:コーヒー koohii

Milk: ミルク/牛乳（ぎゅうにゅう）miruku/gyuunyuu

Sake/Alcohol:お酒（おさけ）osake

Beer:ビール biiru

Wine:ワイン wain

Juice:ジュース jyuusu

Soda: ラーメン raamen

Water:　お水（おみず）omizu

Vegetables

Potato: 馬鈴薯（ばれいしょ）bareisho

Carrot:ニンジン ninjin

Radish:大根（だいこん）daikon

Eggplant: ナス nasu

Onion: タマネギ tamanegi

Cabbege: キャベツ kyabetsu

Pumpkin: 南瓜（かぼちゃ）kabocha

Mushroom: キノコ kinoko

Beans:豆（まめ）mame

Fruits

Peach:モモ momo

Apple:リンゴ ringo

Tomato:トマトtomato

Orange:オレンジ orenji

Strawberry:イチゴ ichigo

Pear:ナシ nashi

Banana:バナナ banana

Mango:マンゴー mangoo

Cherry:サクランボ sakuranbo

Grape:葡萄（ぶどう）budou

Plum:　梅（うめ）ume

Verbs

To eat:食べる（たべる）taberu

To drink:飲める（のめる）nomeru

To cook: 料理する（りょうりする）ryourisuru

I will soon make a post about how to use particles in Japanese, which are extremely important in making actual sentences.

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[Landwave]

I'm just waiting for the argument.

C'mon, you know exactly what I mean...

The "Tomatoes are fruits/vegetables " debate.

[jinagaa]

That's exactly what I was thinking when I was writing it.

[akira0eigo]

Potato: 普通に使うときはジャガイモ、じゃがいも。主に原料として(ポテトチップスの袋の裏など加工されて売られているもの)表示するときは馬鈴薯を使います。

[jinagaa]

ありがとうございます

[Mrcqm1]

Thanks to this lesson, I now know to be careful of how I pronounce the word "ramen" so that it doesn't get confused with soda :P

[jinagaa]

"ramune" isn't necessarily soda, it's just a specific brand. But yes, be careful with that haha.