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晩餐 (ばんさん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

晩ばん餐さん

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Meanings

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noun

dinner; formal dinner; banquet

Refers to a formal evening meal, often a banquet or official dinner. More formal than 夕食.

大だい統とう領りょう主しゅ催さいの晩ばん餐さん会かいに出しゅっ席せきした。
I attended a dinner party hosted by the president.
晩ばん餐さんの席せきで乾かん杯ぱいの音おん頭どをとった。
He proposed a toast at the dinner table.

Written forms

晩ばん餐さんUsage96%
Standard kanji form for formal dinner. The second kanji 餐 is not a jōyō kanji, so the form 晩さん is sometimes used.
晩ばんさんUsage4%
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Mixed kanji-kana spelling used when 餐 is not available or to aid readability.

Kanji

晩nightfall, night

餐eat, drink, swallow

Similar words

夕ゆう食しょく
夕食 is the ordinary word for the evening meal at home, while 晩餐 is a formal or ceremonial dinner.
晩ばん餐さん会かい
晩餐会 explicitly means a dinner party or banquet; 晩餐 can refer to the meal itself or the event.

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 晩餐 (mɑnX tshon), meaning evening meal. The kanji 晩 means 'evening' and 餐 means 'meal' or 'eat'.