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): [çiɾɯ̟ ɡo̞hã̠ɴ]

Noun

昼(ひる)ご飯(はん) • (hiru gohan) 

  1. lunch

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

References

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