晩ばん御ご飯はん

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Common wordJLPTN5

Meanings

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noun

dinner; evening meal

The main evening meal, typically eaten at home with family. Used in daily conversation and writing.

今日きょうの晩ばん御ご飯はんはカレーです。
Today's dinner is curry.
晩ばん御ご飯はんを食たべながらテレビを見みた。
I watched TV while eating dinner.

Written forms

晩ばん御ご飯はんUsage48%
Standard kanji spelling with 御; common in formal and written contexts.
晩ばんご飯はんUsage34%
Common spelling using ご instead of 御; slightly more casual and widely used in everyday writing.
晩ばんごはんUsage18%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but seen in informal contexts or for readability.

Kanji

晩nightfall, night
御honorable, manipulate, govern
飯meal, boiled rice

Similar words

夕ゆう食しょく
More formal than 晩御飯; often used in written language or polite settings.
夜よるご飯はん
Similar meaning but less common; 晩御飯 is the standard term for the evening meal.

Etymology

Compound of 晩 (ばん, 'evening') + 御飯 (ごはん, 'meal, cooked rice'). The honorific prefix 御 (ご) is fossilized here and does not add politeness in modern usage.