朝ご飯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
朝	飯
あさ Grade: 2	はん Grade: 4
kun'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spellings
朝御飯朝ごはん

Etymology

From 朝(あさ) (asa, “morning”) + 御(ご)飯(はん) (gohan, “meal”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あさごはん [àsá góꜜhàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠sa̠ ɡo̞hã̠ɴ]

Noun

朝(あさ)ご飯(はん) • (asagohan)

breakfast

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

朝食(ちょうしょく) (chōshoku)

Related terms

ご飯(はん) (gohan): meal
昼(ひる)ご飯(はん) (hirugohan): lunch
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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN