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昼飯

ひるめし

lunch; midday meal

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Examples

  1. もう昼飯は食べたか。

    もうひるめしはたべたか。

    Have you had lunch yet?

  2. 昼飯でもいっしょにどうですか。

    ひるめしでもいっしょにどうですか。

    Why don't we have lunch together?

  3. 昼飯を抜いたので、午後は全然力が出なかった。

    ひるめしをぬいたので、ごごはぜんぜんちからがでなかった。

    I skipped lunch, so I had no energy at all in the afternoon.

Common patterns

昼飯を食う
to eat lunch (casual)
昼飯を抜く
to skip lunch
昼飯時
lunchtime

Memory tip

Blunt, masculine spoken word — fine among friends, wrong in a business email, where you want 昼食 or 昼ご飯. The same kanji read ちゅうはん is a stiff written variant you may meet in print.

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