mixed rice; rice casserole with meat/fish and vegetables
A Japanese dish of rice cooked with various ingredients such as chicken, fish, and vegetables. Similar to 五目ごはん.
See also: 五目ご飯
今日の給食は五目飯だった。
Today's school lunch was mixed rice.
母が作る五目飯は具だくさんでおいしい。
The mixed rice my mother makes is full of ingredients and delicious.
A broader term for rice cooked with various ingredients; 五目飯 is a specific type of 炊き込みご飯 with a mix of ingredients.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still seen.
五目 (gomoku, 'five items' or 'mixed') + 飯 (meshi, 'rice'). The name refers to the variety of ingredients mixed into the rice.