also: よめし
noun
Archaic term for the evening meal; in modern Japanese, 夕食 (ゆうしょく) or 晩ご飯 (ばんごはん) are standard.
古文書には「夜飯」と記されているが、今ではほとんど使われない。
In old documents it is written as 夜飯, but it is hardly used today.
Archaic kanji spelling for the reading やはん; the reading よめし is also possible but rare.
Kana spelling for the reading よめし, which is itself rare and archaic.
Compound of 夜 (night) and 飯 (meal). The reading やはん uses the on'yomi of both characters, while よめし uses the kun'yomi of 夜 and the on'yomi of 飯. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.