晩ばん餐さん

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Meanings

dinner; formal dinner; banquet

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

〈人ひと〉と晩ばん餐さんを共ともにするto share a formal dinner with someone
大だい統とう領りょうは各かっ国こくの首しゅ脳のうと晩ばん餐さんを共ともにした。
The president shared a formal dinner with the heads of state.
〈人ひと〉を晩ばん餐さんに招まねくto invite someone to a formal dinner
王おう室しつは多おおくの賓ひん客きゃくを晩ばん餐さんに招まねいた。
The royal family invited many guests to the formal dinner.
晩ばん餐さんの席せきでat the dinner table (in a formal setting)
晩ばん餐さんの席せきで重じゅう要ような話はなしがなされた。
Important matters were discussed at the formal dinner table.

夕ゆう食しょくN3
夕食 is the everyday word for the evening meal at home, while 晩餐 refers to a formal, ceremonial dinner or banquet.
会かい食しょくN1
会食 emphasizes the act of dining together (often for business or social purposes), while 晩餐 specifically denotes an elegant evening banquet.
宴えん会かいN3
宴会 highlights the festive, celebratory nature of a banquet with drinking, whereas 晩餐 focuses on the formal evening meal itself.
ディナーN3
ディナー is a modern loanword for a formal or restaurant-style evening meal, while 晩餐 is the older, more literary Japanese term for the same idea.

晩ばん酌しゃく
晩餐 means a formal evening banquet or dinner, while 晩酌 refers specifically to having an alcoholic drink with one's regular evening meal at home.

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.

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