Casual, somewhat masculine term for the evening meal. Often used among friends or family. More formal equivalents include 夕食 (ゆうしょく) or 晩ご飯 (ばんごはん).
Let's eat dinner out tonight.
晩飯 is a blunt, masculine-sounding word for dinner, while 晩御飯 is the polite, gender-neutral everyday term.
昼飯 refers to the midday meal, while 晩飯 refers to the evening meal.
Standard kanji spelling for 'dinner' in casual or masculine speech.
Search-only form; the katakana メシ is sometimes used for emphasis or style.
Search-only form; mixed kana spelling is rare in practice.
Compound of 晩 (ばん, 'evening') and 飯 (めし, 'meal, cooked rice'). 飯 is a native Japanese word with a casual tone.