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弁当 (べんとう): box lunch — Japanese vocabulary

弁当 is read べんとう and means "box lunch". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

弁当

Reading
べんとう · bentou
Translation
box lunch
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
べんとうが

Example

今週は弁当を持参する。

こんしゅうはべんとうをじさんする。

I think I'll brown bag it this week.

Kanji in this word

  • 弁 — valve, speech
  • 当 — hit, right

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