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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

General term for the midday meal, often implying a Western-style or casual meal. Can be used in compounds like ランチタイム (lunchtime).

lunch set; plate lunch; single-plate lunch

Refers to a Western-style set meal served on a single plate, commonly offered at restaurants during lunch hours. Typical in casual dining and cafes.

〈人ひと〉とランチに行いくto go out for lunch with someone
同どう僚りょうとランチに行いった。
I went out for lunch with a coworker.
ランチをとるto have lunch
忙いそがしくてランチをとる時じ間かんがなかった。
I was so busy that I didn't have time to eat lunch.
〈場ば所しょ〉でランチを注ちゅう文もんするto order the lunch set at a place
そのカフェでランチを注ちゅう文もんした。
I ordered the lunch set at that café.

昼ちゅう食しょくN3sense 1
昼食 is the formal, often business or written word for the midday meal, while ランチ is casual and evokes a Western-style meal.
お昼ひるN3sense 1
お昼 is the everyday, native Japanese way to say lunch or midday, whereas ランチ specifically suggests a Western-style or restaurant meal.
昼ひるご飯はんN5sense 1
昼ご飯 is a plain, home-style term for lunch (often rice-based), while ランチ leans toward a café or restaurant set meal.
定てい食しょくN3
ランチ usually refers to a lunchtime special and implies a midday meal, whereas 定食 can be offered at any time of day and just means a fixed meal set.
昼ひる飯めしN1
昼飯 is a native Japanese word with a rough, casual feel, while ランチ is a loanword often used for Western-style or restaurant lunches.

リンチ
リンチ (lynching) and ランチ (lunch) are both katakana loanwords that sound similar but have completely unrelated meanings.

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Loanword from English 'lunch', adopted into Japanese with katakana spelling.