- 食べ頃
- たべごろ
good for eating
ripe enough for eating
in season* * *たべごろ【食べ頃】¶ → 食べ頃で¶このメロンは2日たつと食べ頃になるThis melon will be fit to eat in two days.* * *たべごろ【食べ頃】the right time to eat [for eating].●このメロンはあと 3, 4 日で食べごろになります. In three or four days this melon will be ready to eat.
●食べごろの good for eating; just right [ready] for eating; 〔煮えて・焼けて〕 done to a turn; 〔旬の〕 《vegetables》 in season.
●カツオは今が食べごろだ. Bonito is in season right now. | Now is the right time to eat bonito.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.