Usage patterns
飯を炊くto cook rice
I think I'll start cooking the rice soon.
飯にするto decide to eat/have a meal
I'm already hungry, so let's go eat.
飯の支度をするto prepare a meal
While Mom was preparing the meal, I watched TV.
〈人〉と飯に行くto go grab a meal with someone
I'm planning to go eat with a coworker tonight.
Expressions· 12
メシマズbad cooking; bad food · sadness at others' happiness 米の飯cooked rice · something one never tires of 飯の種means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter メシウマschadenfreude; pleasure from others' misfortune
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飯を食うhave a meal; eat · make a living; earn one's bread 飯を蒸らすlet cooked rice steam after turning off the heat 飯が食えないcannot make a living; can't earn a living
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