Japanese

ごはん
Meaning: meal; cooked rice
Part of Speech: Noun

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Handwriting

ご
飯

Example sentences

Let's eat a meal together.
ご飯を食べたあとで、薬を飲んでください。
Please take the medicine after eating a meal.
ご飯を茶碗に盛る。
Serve rice into a bowl.
ご飯が美味しかったので、おかわりをした。
The rice was delicious, so I had a second helping.
釜の底にご飯がこびりついて取れない。
The rice is stuck to the bottom of the pot and won't come off.
ご飯が美味しくて、つい二回もお代わりした。
The rice was so good that I ended up having two helpings.
毎朝、ご飯を炊きます
I cook rice every morning.
毎朝、美味しいご飯をたく。
I cook delicious rice every morning.
釜でご飯を炊く
Cook rice in a pot.
彼はご飯を山盛りにした。
He made a heap of rice.

Usage Notes

Literally means cooked rice, but commonly used to refer to any meal (breakfast, lunch, or dinner).

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