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中飯 (ちゅうはん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

中ちゅう飯はん

Meanings

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noun

lunch; midday meal

A somewhat formal or literary term for the midday meal; in everyday speech, 昼ご飯 (ひるごはん) or 昼食 (ちゅうしょく) are more common.

会かい議ぎの後あと、中ちゅう飯はんをとりましょう。
Let's have lunch after the meeting.
彼かれは中ちゅう飯はんの時じ間かんをいつも楽たのしみにしている。
He always looks forward to lunchtime.

Kanji

中in, inside, middle
飯meal, boiled rice

Similar words

昼ちゅう食しょく
昼食 is the standard formal term for lunch, while 中飯 is less common and slightly more literary.
昼ひるご飯はん
昼ご飯 is the everyday casual term for lunch; 中飯 is more formal and less frequently used in conversation.

Etymology

Compound of 中 (ちゅう, 'middle, midday') and 飯 (はん, 'meal'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the midday meal.