昼ご飯

Japanese
Kanji in this term
昼 飯
ひる
Grade: 2		 はん
Grade: 4

Alternative forms

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

昼ご飯 (hiragana ひるごはん, rōmaji hiru gohan)

  1. lunch

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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