飯 : Meal

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Components:

飠反

meal, boiled rice

On 'yomi:

ハン(han)

Kun 'yomi:

めし(meshi)

Nanori:

い(i) いい(ii) いり(iri) え(e)

Strokes:	12
Radical:	食 (184)
Usage Rating:	1046

JLPT:	N4
old JLPT:	3
Grade:	4

Unicode:	098ef
jis208:	40-51

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飯 Usage examples

早飯(はやめし)	early meal
丼飯(どんぶりめし)	bowl of rice
喫飯(きっぱん)	taking a meal, eating
炊き込みご飯(たきこみごはん) 炊き込み御飯(たきこみごはん) 炊込みご飯(たきこみごはん) 炊込み御飯(たきこみごはん)	rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
噴飯物(ふんぱんもの)	quite absurd thing, something that makes one laugh
飯が食えない(めしがくえない)	cannot make a living
飯を喰う(めしをくう) 飯を食う(めしをくう)	to devour a meal, to have a meal
飯を蒸らす(めしをむらす)	to let cooked rice steam after turning off the heat
夕御飯(ゆうごはん) 夕ご飯(ゆうごはん)	evening meal, dinner, supper
飯綱(いづな)	a type of fox spirit
飯(まま)	cooked rice
椀飯振る舞い(おおばんふるまい) 椀飯振舞(おおばんふるまい)	corporate largess, lavish hospitality
家常茶飯(かじょうさはん)	everyday occurrence, commonplace of life, nothing out of the ordinary
白飯(しろめし)	cooked white rice
水飯(みずめし)	rice washed in cold water, dried rice soaked in water to soften
冷や飯草履(ひやめしぞうり)	crudely made zori with straw fastenings
同じ釜の飯を食う(おなじかまのめしをくう)	to have lived together, to be close friends, to eat out of the same pot
イタ飯(イタはん)	Italian food, Italian restaurant
尋常茶飯(じんじょうさはん)	everyday occurrence, commonplace of life, nothing out of the ordinary
飯の食い上げ(めしのくいあげ)	losing the means of livelihood
冷や飯を食う(ひやめしをくう)	to be treated coldly, to be kept in a low position
三度の飯より好き(さんどのめしよりすき)	very fond of, more fond of than eating, so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without, more important than three meals a day
大飯(おおめし)	large meal, large meals