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夕飯 (ゆうはん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

夕ゆう飯はん

also: ゆうめし

ゆ

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は

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

evening meal; dinner; supper

Common word for the evening meal; used in daily conversation and writing. The reading ゆうめし is a slightly more casual or old-fashioned variant.

今日きょうの夕ゆう飯はんはカレーにしよう。
Let's have curry for dinner tonight.
夕ゆう飯はんの支し度たくを

手伝てつだ

っ

て

くれ

て

ありがとう

。

Thank you for helping prepare dinner.

Written forms

夕飯Usage99%
- ゆうはん
  Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
- ゆうめし
夕ゆうめしUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form for the reading ゆうめし; not a standard written form.
夕ゆうメシUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only katakana-kanji mixed form for the reading ゆうめし; not a standard written form.
ゆうめし

Kanji

夕evening
飯meal, boiled rice

Similar words

朝あさご飯はん
Refers to breakfast, the morning meal.
昼ひるご飯はん
Refers to lunch, the midday meal.
晩ばんご飯はん
Also means dinner/evening meal; 夕飯 is slightly more formal or written, while 晩ご飯 is very common in spoken Japanese.

Etymology

Compound of 夕 (yū, 'evening') and 飯 (han, 'meal'). The reading ゆうめし uses the older kun'yomi めし for 飯, giving it a more traditional or casual feel.