ご飯
gohan
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rice, meal, food
/ɡoꜜhaɴ/
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Cooked grain served as food and, by extension, the meal built around it.
Examples
このご飯は少し硬い。
This rice is a little firm.
今日は家でご飯を作る。
I am making a meal at home today.
茶碗にご飯をよそってください。
Please serve some rice into a bowl.
朝はパンよりご飯を食べる。
In the morning, I eat rice rather than bread.
子どもたちはご飯の時間を待っている。
The children are waiting for mealtime.
Meanings
Examples
炊きたてのご飯はいい香りがする。
Freshly cooked rice smells wonderful.
茶碗にご飯をよそってください。
Please serve some rice into a bowl.
朝はパンよりご飯を食べる。
In the morning, I eat rice rather than bread.
まだご飯が炊けていない。
The rice is not cooked yet.
このご飯は少し硬い。
This rice is a little firm.
Examples
もうご飯を食べましたか。
Have you eaten a meal yet?
今日は家でご飯を作る。
I am making a meal at home today.
友達とご飯に行った。
I went out for a meal with a friend.
夕方になったらご飯にしよう。
Let us have dinner when evening comes.
子どもたちはご飯の時間を待っている。
The children are waiting for mealtime.
Etymology
The polite prefix ご attaches to 飯 (han, cooked grain or a meal); the whole word is read ごはん.
FAQ
Does ご飯 mean rice or a meal?
Both. It means cooked rice and also a meal in general.
Yes, when the context is the evening meal, though it can also mean breakfast or lunch.
No. Raw rice is 米 (kome).
Can a ご飯 meal have no rice?
Yes. In the meal sense, it can refer to the whole meal without rice.
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