ご飯はん

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun

cooked rice

Refers specifically to steamed white rice as a food item. Often used in compound expressions like ご飯を炊く (to cook rice).

朝あさご飯はんにご飯はんと味み噌そ汁しるを食たべた。
I had rice and miso soup for breakfast.

Related words· 6

飯めしN3sense 1

飯 is a blunt, casual (often masculine) word for cooked rice or a meal, while ご飯 is the neutral, polite everyday term.

食しょく事じN5sense 2

食事 is a more formal, abstract word for 'a meal' used in writing or polite speech, while ご飯 is the warm, everyday word people use at home.

ライスN1sense 1

ライス refers to rice served Western-style on a plate (as with curry or omelet rice), while ご飯 is the general word for rice served in a bowl Japanese-style.

米こめN4

米 refers to rice as raw or harvested grains, while ご飯 usually means rice that has been cooked (or a meal in general).

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米べい飯はん
ご飯 is the everyday, casual word for cooked rice, while 米飯 is a formal or written term used in menus, news, and official contexts.
舎しゃ利り
ご飯 is the ordinary word for cooked rice, whereas 舎利 is specialized vocabulary used mainly by sushi chefs.

Politeness

おまんま

ご飯 is the standard, neutral word for cooked rice or a meal, while おまんま is a colloquial, nostalgic-sounding variant of the same word.

飯めしplainN3

飯 is the blunt, informal (often male) word for cooked rice or a meal, while ご飯 is the neutral, polite term anyone can use.

Don't confuse with

御おん飯いい

御飯 (おんいい) is a rare Shinto honorific term for rice offered to a deity, while ご飯 (ごはん) is the everyday word for cooked rice or a meal, despite sharing the same kanji.

稲いねN3

稲 refers to the rice plant itself, whereas ご飯 means cooked rice (or a meal), not the plant.

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