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御飯

ごはん

cooked rice; a meal

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Examples

  1. 御飯を食べましょう。

    ごはんをたべましょう。

    Let's eat.

  2. 朝御飯はパンです。

    あさごはんはパンです。

    I have bread for breakfast.

  3. 御飯とパンとどちらがいいですか。

    ごはんとパンとどちらがいいですか。

    Which do you prefer, rice or bread?

Common patterns

御飯を食べる
eat a meal
朝御飯
breakfast
御飯を作る
cook a meal

Memory tip

Means both cooked rice and a meal in general — 朝御飯 is breakfast whatever you actually eat. Usually written ご飯; the honorific 御 is baked in, which makes it politer than 飯(めし).

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