おうちごはん

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ご

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Meanings

1

noun

home cooking; home meal

usually written using kana alonecolloquial

Casual, warm term for food made and eaten at home, often contrasted with eating out. Common in social media and everyday conversation.

今日きょうは外がい食しょくしないで、おうちご飯はんにしよう。
Let's not eat out today and have a home-cooked meal instead.

インスタにおうちご飯はんの写しゃ真しんをアップした。

I posted a picture of my home cooking on Instagram.

Written forms

おうちご飯はん
Common kanji-kana mixed spelling. It is usually written in kana.
お家うちご飯はん
Alternate kanji for おうち. Less common than おうちご飯.
おうちゴハン
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling for ごはん, sometimes used for stylistic effect or in casual writing.

Kanji

飯meal, boiled rice
家house, home, family

Similar words

手て料りょう理り
手料理 also means home cooking but emphasizes that it is made by hand, often with care. おうちご飯 is more casual and cozy.
外がい食しょく
外食 means eating out, the opposite of おうちご飯.

Etymology

Compound of おうち (a colloquial, affectionate term for 'home') and ご飯 ('meal, cooked rice'). The exact origin is uncertain; it likely emerged in casual, family-oriented contexts.