eating alone; dining by oneself
Casual noun for the act of eating a meal alone; often used in contexts like 一人飯をする or 一人飯が寂しい.
Lately, I've been eating alone more often.
Eating alone is nice and relaxing.
Standard kanji spelling.
Alternate kanji spelling using 独り for 'alone'.
Compound of 一人 (ひとり, 'one person, alone') and 飯 (めし, 'meal, cooked rice'). The reading めし for 飯 is a colloquial, often masculine term for a meal.