弁当

べんとう

box lunch

What does 弁当 mean?

弁当 is a Japanese noun meaning box lunch in English. It is written as 弁当 in kanji, べんとう in hiragana, and bentou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

私たちは学校で早めに弁当を食べた。

We had an early lunch at school.