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昼ご飯 (ひるごはん, hirugohan) Japanese meaning: lunch | Kotomora

昼ひるご飯はん

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Common word›JLPTN5›

Meanings

1

lunch; midday meal

The standard word for the midday meal in Japanese, used in both casual and polite contexts.

昼ひるご飯はんはいつも12時じに食たべます。

I always eat lunch at 12 o'clock.

今日きょうの昼ひるご飯はんは何なににしようか。

What should we have for lunch today?

Usage patterns

昼ひるご飯はんを食たべるto eat lunch
12時じになったので昼ひるご飯はんを食たべた。
It turned noon, so I ate lunch.
昼ひるご飯はんを作つくるto make lunch
母ははは毎まい日にち家か族ぞくの昼ひるご飯はんを作つくる。
My mother makes lunch for the family every day.
昼ひるご飯はんに〈物もの〉を食たべるto eat something for lunch
昼ひるご飯はんにラーメンを食たべた。
I had ramen for lunch.
昼ひるご飯はんの時じ間かんlunchtime
もうすぐ昼ひるご飯はんの時じ間かんだ。
It'll be lunchtime soon.

Kanji

昼daytime, noon
飯meal, boiled rice
御honorable, manipulate, govern

Related words

ランチN3
ランチ is a loanword with a stylish, casual feel often tied to restaurant set meals, while 昼ご飯 is the neutral everyday word for lunch.
昼ひる飯めしN1
昼飯 is a blunt, masculine-sounding casual term for lunch, whereas 昼ご飯 is the standard, gender-neutral everyday word.
昼ちゅう食しょくN3
昼食 is the neutral, slightly formal word for lunch, while 昼ご飯 is the everyday, casual term used at home or with friends.

Politeness

昼ちゅう食しょくpolite 丁寧語N3
昼食 is the formal, written-style word for the midday meal, while 昼ご飯 is the everyday word used in casual and polite speech alike.

Built from

昼ひる+ご飯はん

Written forms

昼ひるご飯はんUsage60%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the most common written form.
昼ひるごはんUsage34%
Kana spelling of the second part; common in informal writing.
昼ひる御ご飯はんUsage6%
Full kanji spelling; formal or literary, rarely used in everyday writing.

Etymology

Compound of 昼 (ひる, 'noon, midday') + ご飯 (ごはん, 'meal, cooked rice'). The honorific prefix ご is attached to 飯 (はん, 'rice, meal').