食べる

【たべる】Common

Other forms: 喰べる

Ichidan verb · transitive

1.to eat

もっと果物を食べるべきです。

You should eat more fruit.

Ichidan verb · transitive

2.to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

僕は脚本家で食べていく決心をした。

I am determined to make a living as a playwright.