飯いい

noun

cooked rice

Archaic word for cooked rice. In modern Japanese, ご飯 (ごはん) or 飯 (めし) are used instead. This reading appears only in historical or classical contexts.

• 古こ語ごでは「飯いい」は炊たいた米こめを指さした。

  In classical Japanese, 飯 (いい) referred to cooked rice.