ご飯
ごはん
cooked rice, meal
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Examples
ご飯を食べましょう。
ごはんをたべましょう。
Let us eat.
毎日ご飯を作ります。
まいにちごはんをつくります。
I cook meals every day.
ご飯とパンとどちらが好きですか。
ごはんとパンとどちらがすきですか。
Which do you like better, rice or bread?
Common patterns
- ご飯を食べる
- have a meal / eat rice
- ご飯を作る
- cook a meal
- ご飯を炊く
- cook rice
Memory tip
ご飯 means both cooked rice and a meal in general, because rice is the center of a traditional Japanese meal.
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