温かい食べ物
tatakai tabemono
The phrase for "hot food" in Japanese is 温かい食べ物 (tatakai tabemono).
温かい食べ物 is used to describe food that is served at a warm temperature. For example, if you wish to say "I like spicy food," you would use the phrase karai no ga suki desu instead.
How do you pronounce it?
tatakai tabemono
Did you know?
- The word 温かい can describe a person's personality. If someone is described as 温かい人, it does not mean their body temperature is high, but that they are kind and warm-hearted.
- In Japanese, the word for 'hot' is split by sensation: 温かい implies a pleasant, comforting warmth, whereas 熱い implies a temperature so high it might burn you.
- In Japan, the conceptual link between 'hot food' and winter is so strong that 鍋 (nabe) is not just a pot but a specific genre of communal hot-pot dining that symbolizes social bonding.
Examples in context
- 温かい食べ物が食べたいです。atatakai tabemono ga tabetai desu.I want to eat some hot food.
- 冬は温かい食べ物が恋しくなります。fuyu wa atatakai tabemono ga koishiku narimasu.In winter, I crave hot food.
- 温かい食べ物を準備しました。atatakai tabemono o junbi shimashita.I prepared some hot food.
Example conversation
At a restaurant on a cold day.
- 美咲 Misaki今日はとても寒いですね。kyou wa totemo samui desu ne.It is very cold today, isn't it?
- 大翔 Hirotoはい、温かい食べ物がいいですね。hai, atatakai tabemono ga ii desu ne.Yes, hot food would be nice.
- 美咲 Misaki温かい食べ物があるお店を探しましょう。atatakai tabemono ga aru omise o sagashimashou.Let's look for a restaurant that has hot food.
- 大翔 Hirotoそうしましょう！sou shimashou!Let's do that!
