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物相飯 (もっそうめし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

物もっ相そう飯めし

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Meanings

1

single serving of rice (prison food)

Strongly associated with prison slang; refers to a single portion of rice served in correctional facilities. Rarely used outside that context.

刑けい務む所しょでは、毎まい食しょくもっそうめしが出だ

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In prison, a single serving of rice is provided at every meal.

Kanji

物thing, object, matter
相inter-, mutual, together
飯meal, boiled rice

Related words

飯めし
飯 is the general word for a meal or cooked rice; 物相飯 specifically refers to a prison rice serving.
一いち膳ぜん飯めし
一膳飯 also means a single serving of rice, but lacks the prison connotation of 物相飯.

Built from

物もっ相そう+飯めし

Etymology

Formed from 物相, a mold or container used to shape an individual portion of rice, and 飯 “cooked rice.” It came especially to denote the measured rice ration served in prison.