飯
めし
(colloquial) meal, food; cooked rice
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Examples
もう飯を食べましたか。
もうめしをたべましたか。
Have you eaten yet?
朝ご飯はパンとたまごです。
あさごはんはぱんとたまごです。
Breakfast is bread and eggs.
仕事の後、友だちと飯を食べに行った。
しごとのあと、ともだちとめしをたべにいった。
After work I went out for a meal with a friend.
Common patterns
- 飯を食う
- to eat, to grab a bite
- ご飯
- rice, a meal (polite)
- 昼飯
- lunch
Memory tip
めし is blunt, male, casual speech. The same character read はん in ご飯 is the ordinary polite word — say ご飯 unless you are among close friends.
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