also: ちゅうはん · ひるはん
noun
Casual, somewhat masculine term for lunch. Often used among friends or in informal settings. 昼ごはん is more polite and neutral.
そろそろ昼飯にしよう。
Let's have lunch soon.
今日の昼飯はカレーだった。
Today's lunch was curry.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading ひるめし is the most common.
Rare on'yomi reading; not commonly used.
Rare mixed reading; not commonly used.
Search-only variant with hiragana めし; not a standard written form.
Search-only variant with katakana メシ; not a standard written form.
Compound of 昼 (ひる, 'noon') and 飯 (めし, 'meal'). The reading めし for 飯 is a native Japanese word for cooked rice or a meal.