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昼ご飯 (ひるごはん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

昼ひるご飯はん

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Common wordJLPTN5

Meanings

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noun

lunch; midday meal

The standard word for the midday meal in Japanese, used in both casual and polite contexts.

昼ひるご飯はんはいつも12時じに食たべます。
I always eat lunch at 12 o'clock.
今日きょうの昼ひるご飯はんは何なににしようか。
What should we have for lunch today?

Written forms

昼ひるご飯はんUsage60%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the most common written form.
昼ひるごはんUsage34%
Kana spelling of the second part; common in informal writing.
昼ひる御ご飯はんUsage6%
Full kanji spelling; formal or literary, rarely used in everyday writing.

Kanji

昼daytime, noon
飯meal, boiled rice
御honorable, manipulate, govern

Similar words

昼ちゅう食しょく
More formal than 昼ご飯; often used in written language or polite speech.
ランチ
Loanword from English; carries a slightly more stylish or casual nuance, often used for set meals or restaurant lunches.

Etymology

Compound of 昼 (ひる, 'noon, midday') + ご飯 (ごはん, 'meal, cooked rice'). The honorific prefix ご is attached to 飯 (はん, 'rice, meal').