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昼飯 (ひるめし, hirumeshi) Japanese meaning: lunch | Kotomora

昼ひる飯めし

also: ちゅうはん · ひるはん

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

lunch; midday meal

Casual, somewhat masculine term for lunch. Often used among friends or in informal settings. 昼ごはん is more polite and neutral.

そろそろ昼ひる飯めしにしよう。

Let's have lunch soon.

今日きょうの昼ひる飯めしはカレーだった。

Today's lunch was curry.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に昼ひる飯めしを奢おごるto treat someone to lunch
今日きょうは俺おれが昼ひる飯めしを奢おごるよ。
I'll treat you to lunch today.
昼ひる飯めしを済すませるto get lunch out of the way / finish lunch
急いそいで昼ひる飯めしを済すませて仕し事ごとに戻もどった。
I quickly finished lunch and got back to work.
昼ひる飯めしにするto decide on (something) for lunch
今日きょうはコンビニのおにぎりを昼ひる飯めしにした。
I had convenience store rice balls for lunch today.
昼ひる飯めしがまだto not have had lunch yet
忙いそがしくて昼ひる飯めしがまだなんだ。
I've been so busy I haven't had lunch yet.

Kanji

昼daytime, noon
飯meal, boiled rice

Related words

昼ひるご飯はんN5
昼飯 is a casual, somewhat masculine word for lunch, while 昼ごはん is the polite, neutral term suitable for any situation.
ランチN3
昼飯 is a native Japanese word with a rough, casual feel, while ランチ is a loanword often used for Western-style or restaurant lunches.

Opposites

晩ばん飯めし
昼飯 refers to the midday meal, while 晩飯 refers to the evening meal.
朝あさ飯めしN1
昼飯 is the midday meal, while 朝飯 is the morning meal.

Politeness

昼ちゅう食しょくpolite 丁寧語N3
昼飯 is the casual, colloquial term for lunch, whereas 昼食 is the formal, written equivalent used in announcements or polite speech.

Counted with

食しょくN1
food; foodstuff · eating; appetite · meal; portion

Built from

昼ひる+飯めし

Written forms

昼飯Usage82%
- ひるめし
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ひるめし is the most common.
- ちゅうはん
  Rare on'yomi reading; not commonly used.
- ひるはん
  Rare mixed reading; not commonly used.

Etymology

Compound of 昼 (ひる, 'noon') and 飯 (めし, 'meal'). The reading めし for 飯 is a native Japanese word for cooked rice or a meal.

昼ひるめし

Usage12%

search-only kanji form

Search-only variant with hiragana めし; not a standard written form.

昼ひるメシUsage4%

search-only kanji form

Search-only variant with katakana メシ; not a standard written form.

ひるめしUsage2%

ひるはん

ちゅうはん