昼ご飯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼	飯
ひる Grade: 2	はん Grade: 4
kun’yomi	kan’on

Alternative spellings
晝ご飯 (kyūjitai) 昼御飯昼ごはん

Etymology

Compound of 昼 (hiru, “daytime; noon”) +‎ 御飯 (gohan, “meal”, literally “cooked rice”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひるごはん [hìrú góꜜhàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [çiɾɯ̟ᵝ ɡo̞hã̠ɴ]

Noun

昼(ひる)ご飯(はん) • (hiru gohan)

lunch

Usage notes

The go- prefix in 御飯 (gohan) is more often written in hiragana, as ご.

Synonyms

昼食(ちゅうしょく) (chūshoku)

Related terms

ご飯(はん) (gohan): meal
朝(あさ)ご飯(はん) (asagohan): breakfast
夕(ゆう)ご飯(はん) (yūgohan), 晚(ばん)ご飯(はん) (bangohan): dinner

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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