御飯
ごはん
cooked rice; a meal
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Examples
御飯を食べましょう。
ごはんをたべましょう。
Let's eat.
朝御飯はパンです。
あさごはんはパンです。
I have bread for breakfast.
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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