平らげる
たいらげる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to eat up (completely)
- to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; to subjugate
- to make flat; to level out
Kanji
- 平 flat. Read as たいらげる.
Example sentences
- 食い意地のはった少年は料理を全部たいらげた。
The greedy little child ate all the food. - 二分以内で彼女はパンとチーズを全部たいらげた。
Within a couple of minutes, she had eaten up all the bread and cheese. - 彼はごちそうをすっかり平らげた。
He ate every bit of his dinner. - 彼は全部平らげた。
He ate all of it. - 彼はたちまちそれを平らげた。
He ate it in no time.
Words containing 平らげる
- ペロリと平らげる (ぺろりとたいらげる) to eat up (in no time)