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五目ご飯 (ごもくごはん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

五ご目もくご飯はん

Meanings

1

noun

mixed rice; Japanese pilaf

A home-style or restaurant dish of seasoned rice cooked or mixed with small pieces of meat, seafood, and vegetables. Similar to 加薬ご飯 (kayaku gohan).

See also: 加薬ご飯 (かやくごはん)

今日きょうの給きゅう食しょくは五ご目もくご飯はんと味み噌そ汁しるです。
Today's school lunch is mixed rice and miso soup.
母ははが作つくる五ご目もくご飯はんには、鶏とり肉にくとごぼうが入はいっている。
The mixed rice my mother makes has chicken and burdock root in it.

Written forms

五ご目もくご飯はん
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; ご飯 is the everyday word for cooked rice/meal.
五ご目もくごはん
All-hiragana ごはん variant; slightly softer or more casual feel.
五ご目もく御ご飯はん
Full kanji spelling with 御飯; formal or traditional menu style, less common in everyday writing.

Kanji

五five

目eye, class, look

飯meal, boiled rice

御honorable, manipulate, govern

Similar words

加か薬やくご飯はん
Synonymous; 加薬ご飯 is the Kansai term, while 五目ご飯 is more common in eastern Japan. Both refer to seasoned rice with mixed ingredients.
炊たき込こみご飯はん
A broader category of rice cooked together with ingredients and seasoning. 五目ご飯 is a specific type of 炊き込みご飯 with a standard mix of ingredients.

Etymology

五目 (gomoku) means 'five items' or 'mixed ingredients', and ご飯 (gohan) is 'cooked rice'. The name reflects the dish's combination of several ingredients cooked with rice.