Explore Words Kanji Grammar Guides

Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.

Get the Kotomora apps for iOS and Android.

Explore Words Kanji Grammar Guides About Support Privacy

Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.

晩御飯 (ばんごはん, bangohan) Japanese meaning: dinner | Kotomora

晩ばん御ご飯はん

ば

ん

ご

は

ん

Common word›JLPTN5›

Meanings

1

dinner; evening meal

The main evening meal, typically eaten at home with family. Used in daily conversation and writing.

今日きょうの晩ばん御ご飯はんはカレーです。

Today's dinner is curry.

晩ばん御ご飯はんを食たべながらテレビを見みた。

I watched TV while eating dinner.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が晩ばん御ご飯はんを作つくるfor someone to make dinner
母ははが晩ばん御ご飯はんを作つくってくれた。
My mother made dinner for me.
晩ばん御ご飯はんを食たべるto eat dinner
今日きょうは外そとで晩ばん御ご飯はんを食たべる予よ定ていです。
I plan to eat dinner out today.
晩ばん御ご飯はんの時じ間かんdinner time
もう晩ばん御ご飯はんの時じ間かんだよ。
It's already dinner time.
晩ばん御ご飯はんに〈物もの〉を作つくるto make something for dinner
晩ばん御ご飯はんにカレーを作つくった。
I made curry for dinner.

Kanji

晩nightfall, night
御honorable, manipulate, govern
飯meal, boiled rice

Related words· 7

夕ゆう食しょくN3
夕食 is a more formal or written word for the evening meal, while 晩御飯 is the everyday, family-style term.
夕ゆう飯はんN5
夕飯 is a common casual synonym for the evening meal, roughly interchangeable with 晩御飯 but slightly more old-fashioned in tone.
晩ばん飯めし
晩飯 is a blunt, masculine-sounding word for dinner, while 晩御飯 is the polite, gender-neutral everyday term.
夜よるご飯はん
夜ご飯 is a less standard variant meaning the same thing as 晩御飯, used mainly by younger speakers.

Show 3 more

晩ばんN5
晩御飯 is the full, common word for 'dinner', while 晩 alone is a casual abbreviation used mainly in set phrases like 今晩は何?.
ディナーN3
晩ご飯 is a casual, homey word for supper, whereas ディナー implies dining out or a more formal meal.
サパー
晩ご飯 is a common, homely word for the evening meal, while サパー is a much less frequent loanword with a Western nuance.

Opposites

朝あさごはんN5
朝ご飯 is the morning meal, the opposite end of the day from 晩御飯, the evening meal.

Written forms

晩ばん御ご飯はんUsage48%
Standard kanji spelling with 御; common in formal and written contexts.
晩ばんご飯はんUsage34%
Common spelling using ご instead of 御; slightly more casual and widely used in everyday writing.
晩ばんごはんUsage18%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but seen in informal contexts or for readability.

Etymology

Compound of 晩 (ばん, 'evening') + 御飯 (ごはん, 'meal, cooked rice'). The honorific prefix 御 (ご) is fossilized here and does not add politeness in modern usage.